Gerald D. Feldman

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Gerald Donald Feldman (April 24, 1937 – October 31, 2007) was an American

German history. He was Professor of history at the University of California, Berkeley, and received several prizes and honors, including the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[1]

Biography

Feldman was born on April 24, 1937, in New York City, the son of Isadore Feldman and Lillian (Cohen) Feldman.

Journal of Military History described it as "essential reading for anyone who truly wishes to understand what happened to Germany in the first third of the 20th century."[4]

In his last years he focused on business history by reappraising the role of German corporations during the

National Socialist regime. He wrote Deutsche Bank (1995), Allianz (2001), and the Österreichische Banken und Sparkassen (2006).[3] He additionally served as an advisor to the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and to researchers who later published on topics related to German banking and forced labor in the mining industry.[3][5] He participated in a 2001 symposium on Nazi confiscation of Jewish property, where he was acknowledged as "one of the pioneers" in the investigation of the symposium's topic.[6]

At the University of California, Berkeley he fostered the growth of the Center for German and European Studies, which became the Institute of European Studies. He had a particular interest in promoting connections between academics in the U.S. and Europe, leading him to serve as an advisory board member and president of the "Friends" group for the

Washington, DC, an organization that facilitates interactions between German and American historians. In 2004 he became a member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.[3] He was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship and was a Berlin Prize Fellow in the Classes of Fall 1998 and Spring 1999.[4] For more than fifteen years he was a member of the editorial board of the Contemporary European History.[7] In 2000 he was awarded with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.[3]

Feldman was married twice, to Philippa Blume, from whom he was divorced in 1982, and Norma von Ragenfeld-Feldman, who was living at the time of his death. His first marriage produced two children. He died of lymphoma on October 31, 2007.[4]

Books

Feldman was the author, co-author or editor of at least 27 books,[1] including:

References

  1. ^ a b University of California In Memoriam Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Who was who in America, Vol. 19 (2007-08), p. 88.
  3. ^ a b c d e f American Historical Association, In Memoriam: Gerald D. Feldman, Hartmut Berghoff, December 24, 2008
  4. ^ a b c d The New York Times, Douglas Martin, Gerald D. Feldman, Historian of the Nazis and Finances, Dies at 70, November 15, 2007
  5. ^ Plunder and Restitution: Findings and Recommendations of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and Staff Report. December 2000. – Appendix B; "Review of Draft Report by Outside Experts" and "Advisory Panels for Asset Groups"
  6. ^ Confiscation of Jewish Property in Europe, 1933–1945: New Sources and Perspectives (PDF) (Symposium Proceedings). Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. 2003. p. ii. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-06-16.
  7. German Historical Institute, Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture Endowment Archived 2013-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b The American Academy in Berlin, Gerald D. Feldman (1937-2007)
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