Thomas Vogel (born 1959), is a German military historian and author. He is lieutenant-colonel in the

German Armed Forces The ''Bundeswehr'' (, meaning literally: ''Federal Defence'') is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The ''Bundeswehr'' is divided into a military part (armed forces or ''Streitkräfte'') and a civil part, the military part con ...

and a senior fellow of the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr.

Education and career

Vogel submitted his doctoral dissertation on Medieval History in 1994. By 1997, he was a permanent member of the Military History Research Office (MGFA) (since 2013, the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr) in

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and, with around 183,000 inhabitants, largest city of the German state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream o ...

. As MGFA project manager and co-author, Vogel created three touring exhibitions: ''Military Resistance against Hitler and the Nazi Regime'', ''History of the Bundeswehr from the Beginning to 2005'', and ''History of the Armed Bundeswehr Missions Abroad''. His research covers the collection of letters and diaries of the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

army captain

Wilm Hosenfeld Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld (; 2 May 1895 – 13 August 1952), originally a school teacher, was a German Army officer who by the end of the Second World War had risen to the rank of ''Hauptmann'' (Captain). He helped to hide or rescue several Poli ...

, who was an eye-witness to the occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany during World War II. Vogel is an editorial staff member of ''Militargeschichte. Zeitschrift fur historische Bildung'' (Military History: Journal of History Education) and ''

Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift The ''Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift'' (English: ''Military History Journal'') is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering military history. It is published by Walter de Gruyter on behalf of the Center for Military History and Soci ...

'' (Journal of Military History) both published by the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr. With a shift in the Institute's Department for Historical Research, Vogel works on military integration and coalitions during both world wars.

Works

* ''Fehderecht und Fehdepraxis im Spätmittelalter am Beispiel der Reichsstadt Nürnberg (1404–1438)'' (''Freiburger Beiträge zur mittelalterlichen Geschichte''. Bd. 11). Lang, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1998, . * (Ed.): ''Aufstand des Gewissens. Militärischer Widerstand gegen Hitler und das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945. Begleitband zur Wanderausstellung des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes''. Im Auftrag des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes, 5. Auflage, Mittler, Hamburg u. a. 2000, . * (Ed.): ''Wilm Hosenfeld: "Ich versuche jeden zu retten". Das Leben eines deutschen Offiziers in Briefen und Tagebüchern''. Im Auftrag des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes, DTV, München 2004, . * With

Jörg Echternkamp Jörg Echternkamp (born 1963) is a German military historian, who specialises in the history of Nazi Germany and World War II. He is a lecturer in modern history at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and a research director at the ...

, Wolfgang Schmidt (Eds.): ''Perspektiven der Militärgeschichte. Raum, Gewalt und Repräsentation in historischer Forschung und Bildung'' (''Beiträge zur Militärgeschichte''. Bd. 67). Im Auftrag des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes, Oldenbourg, München 2010, . * With , (Eds.): ''Der Erste Weltkrieg 1914–1918. Der deutsche Aufmarsch in ein kriegerisches Jahrhundert''. Im Auftrag des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes, Bucher, München 2014, .

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vogel, Thomas 1959 births Living people German military historians Historians of World War II German male writers Military History Research Office (Germany) personnel 20th-century German historians