Christian Gerlach
Hans Christian Gerlach is professor of Modern History at the University of Bern.[1] Gerlach is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research[2] and author of multiple books dealing with the Hunger Plan, the Holocaust, and genocide.
Writings
His books include Krieg, Ernährung, Volkermord: Forschungen zur Deutschen Vernichtungspolitik im Zweiten Weltkrieg (1998); Kalkulierte Morde: die Deutsche Wirtschafts- und Vernichtungspolitik in Weissrussland 1941 bis 1944 (1999); Das letzte Kapitel (co-authored with and Götz Aly in 2002); and Sur la conférence de Wannsee (2002).[3]
Work and views
Gerlach's article "Extremely Violent Societies: An Alternative to the Concept of Genocide"[4] has been the subject of great debate among scholars of genocide and violence.[5] In the article, Gerlach challenges the model utilized in trying to understand genocide. Gerlach has previously stirred intense debate among Holocaust historians with his thesis surrounding 12 December 1941, as the date on which Adolf Hitler made the decision to annihilate the Jews of Europe.[6]
Gerlach continues to oppose the concept of genocide. His history of the Holocaust, The Extermination of the European Jews, does not use the term,[7] and in a 2023 interview with the World Socialist Web Site he called genocide "an analytically worthless concept made for political purposes" and "an instrument of liberal imperialism".[8]
Gerlach is also known for his critical attitude towards the
Gerlach's thesis was criticized by a number of scholars, among them
Other historians agree with Gerlach's findings. For example, the research by
References
Citations
- ^ "Universität Bern - Historisches Institut - Ordinariat Gerlach". Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "Taylor & Francis Journals: Welcome". Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "gerlach cv". Archived from the original on 17 April 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ISSN 1462-3528.
- ^ "Türk Tarih Kurumu". Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ "December 12, 1941: an Essay by Goetz Aly". Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
- ^ Browning, Christopher R. "The Two Different Ways of Looking at Nazi Murder". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Weiss, Clara (5 January 2023). "An interview with historian Christian Gerlach on the Nazi war of annihilation against the Soviet Union". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ Christian Gerlach, "Men of 20 July and the War in the Soviet Union", in War of extermination: the German military in World War II, 1941-1944 / edited by Hannes Heer and Klaus Naumann, New York : Berghahn Books, c2000.
- ^ Peter Hoffmann, Carl Goerdeler and the Jewish question, 1933-1942, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011, xvi. Klaus Jochen Arnold, Verbrecher aus eigener Initiative? Der 20. Juli 1944 und die Thesen Christian Gerlachs
- ^ Danny Orbach, "Criticism Reconsidered: The German Resistance to Hitler in Critical German Scholarship", Journal of Military History 75:2 (April 2011)
- ^ Kienle 2005.
Bibliography
- Kienle, Polly (2005). "Still Fighting for the Myth: German Wehrmacht Officers' Reports for the U.S. Historical Division". H-net.com. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016.