Michel Cullin (17 September 1944 – 3 March 2020) was ''" Maître de conférences“'' at the University of Nice and director of

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n relations at the

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Life

Cullin was born in

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. After he earned his degrees in

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and

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(1962–65) in Paris, Michel Cullin became ''"Assistant de français“'' at the "Theresianum-school" in

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(1966–1967). Between 1967-69 he was ''"Lecteur de français“'' at the

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. After working at the '' Geschwister-Scholl-Institute'' and the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...

(1969–71) he became ''"Assistant d’allemand“'' (1971–76), ''"Maître- assistant de civilisation autrichienne“'' (1976–80) and later ''"Maître de conférences de civilisation autrichienne“'' (1980–82) at the

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. In 1977 he earned a doctoral degree in ''"études allemandes contemporaines“'' (1977). Furthermore, he worked as French correspondent for the

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and was director of the "club franco-allemand“ of

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and

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and was between 1991-95

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for cooperation in higher education at the French embassy in Berlin. Between 1998-99 he was "Maître de conférences" at the University of Nice. He was actively involved in

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. Cullin was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art in 1978. From 2008 onward, he represented France in the International Council of the

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with Beate Klarsfeld and supported especially the work of young Austrians in Holocaust Memorial Centers and Jewish museums worldwide. He died in

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References

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