Two Lives in Uncertain Times: Facing the Challenges of the 20th Century as Scholars and Citizens (Studies in German History)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845451406 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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Reactions to the German edition:"What among the advantages of this book has to be counted is the fact that the authors were fully aware of the political and social situation during the various stages of their lives and able to reflect on it." · H-German (H-Net)
Wilma Iggers, born in 1921 in Czechoslovakia, Georg Iggers in 1926 in Hamburg both fled with their parents to North America in October 1938 to escape the Nazis. The Political Philosophy of the Saint-Simonians (1958), New Directions in European Historiography (1975) and Historiography in the Twentieth Century (1997).. His numerous publications include The Cult of Authority. Wilma Iggers' most recent positions were Professo
In 1961 they began going to West Germany regularly not only to do research but also to further reconciliation between Jews and Germans, while at the same time in their scholarly work contributing to a critical confrontation with the German past. Published in Association with the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C. Wilma and Georg Iggers came from different backgrounds, Wilma from a Jewish farming family from the German-speaking border area of Czechoslovakia, Georg from a Jewish business family from Hamburg. They both escaped with their parents from Nazi persecution to North America where they met as students. In many ways this is not merely a dual biography but a history of changing conditions in America and Central Europe during turbulent times.. The book relates their very different experiences of childhood and adolescence and then their lives tog
Important Scholars and Important Human Beings The Iggers, as Jews, both had to flee to North America when the Nazis took over Central Europe. In the 1960s, 70s, adn 80s, Georg Iggers became one of the most important scholars writing the history of German history writing (German historiography). Eventually he was widely lauded both in Germany and in America. But Iggers had found it necessary to begin his teaching career at Philander Smith College, a small and struggling historically black institution in Little Rock, Arkansas. There hu