Kyra T. Inachin (19 May 1968 – 10 January 2012) was a

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Biography

Kyra T. Inachin was born in

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and grew up in

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, West Germany. From 1987 to 1992 she studied history,

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at the

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. She passed her

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in 1995 and worked as an assistant at the chair of Pomeranian history and regional studies at the

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. Inachin

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in 2002 and worked as a

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(Professor) since 2008, at the University of Greifswald's historic Institute.Kyra Inachin verstorben
Lampertheimer Zeitung, 13 January 2012

Publications

* ''Lampertheim in der Weimarer Republik und im Dritten Reich'' (Diss.; 1995) * ''Der Aufstieg der Nationalsozialisten in Pommern.'' Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Hrsg.), Helms, Schwerin 2002, . * ''Durchbruch zur demokratischen Moderne. Die Landtage von Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz und Pommern während der Weimarer Republik.'' Edition Temmen, Bremen 2004, . * ''Nationalstaat und regionale Selbstbehauptung. Die preußische Provinz Pommern 1815–1945.'' In: ''Quellen und Studien aus den Landesarchiven Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns.'' Bd. 7, Edition Temmen, Bremen 2005, . (Habil.) * ''Parlamentarierinnen. Landespolitikerinnen in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern 1918 bis heute.'' Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Hrsg.), Scheunen-Verlag, Kückenshagen 2005, . * ''Von Selbstbehauptung zum Widerstand. Mecklenburger und Pommern gegen den Nationalsozialismus 1933 bis 1945.'' Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Hrsg.), Scheunen-Verlag, Kückenshagen 2005, . * ''Die Geschichte Pommerns.'' Hinstorff, Rostock 2008, .

References

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