Wolfram Wette
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (November 2021) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Wolfram Wette | |
|---|---|
 Wette in 2008 | |
| Born | 11 November 1940 Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, author, editor |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| Academic work | |
| Era | 20th century, World War II |
| Institutions | Military History Research Office University of Freiburg |
| Main interests | Modern European history, military history, historiography |
| Notable works | Germany and the Second World War The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality |
Wolfram Wette (born 11 November 1940) is a German military historian and
peace researcher. He is an author or editor of over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the seminal Germany and the Second World War series from the German Military History Research Office
(MGFA).
Wette's 2002 book, legend of its "clean hands". In 2015, Wette was a recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the only federal honour awarded to German citizens for exceptional achievements.
Education and career
From 1971 to 1995 Wette worked at the
Freiburg from 1980 to 1989 as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and was also the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and the SPD city association chairman.[1]
Historian of Nazi Germany
Wette is an author or editor of forty books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the
death threats.[1]
The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality
Wette's 2002 book Die Wehrmacht. Feindbilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden [The Wehrmacht: Images of the Enemy, War of Extermination, Legends] was published in 2006 in English as The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality by
SS—freely and even eagerly joined in murder and genocide, which were central, rather than incidental, features of its effort".[2]
The book complements the earlier studies that focused on the average Landser (soldier) and also discusses the complicity of the highest levels of the Wehrmacht.murder of more than 3 million Soviet prisoners of war, the Bandenbekämpfung (bandit-fighting) doctrine of carrying out counter-insurgency warfare with maximum brutality, and criminal orders, such as the Commissar Order.[4]
Awards
Selected works
In English
- With ISBN 0-19-822866-X
- ISBN 9780674025776
In German
- Kriegstheorien deutscher Sozialisten. Marx, Engels, Lassalle, Bernstein, Kautsky, Luxemburg. Ein Beitrag zur Friedensforschung. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-17-094150-X.
- With ISBN 3-596-24432-3
- With ISBN 3-7930-0292-6.
- Gustav Noske. Eine politische Biographie. Droste, Düsseldorf 1987, ISBN 3-7700-0728-X.
- Militarismus und Pazifismus. Auseinandersetzung mit den deutschen Kriegen. Donat, Bremen 1991, ISBN 3-924444-50-1.
- Die Wehrmacht. Feindbilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-10-091208-X(translated in English, French, Spanish, Polish)
- Militarismus in Deutschland. Geschichte einer kriegerischen Kultur. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt a.M. 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-18149-0.
- Gustav Noske und die Revolution in Kiel 1918 (= Sonderveröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte Bd. 64.) Boyens, Heide 2010, ISBN 978-3-8042-1322-7.
- Karl Jäger. Mörder der litauischen Juden. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-596-19064-5.
- Feldwebel Anton Schmid: Ein Held der Humanität. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-091209-1.
- Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt! Täter, Widerständler und Retter (1939–1945) (= Schriftenreihe Geschichte & Frieden. Bd. 24). Donat, Bremen 2014, ISBN 978-3-943425-30-7.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Timm 2015.
- ^ Schwarz 2007.
- ^ Baker 2006, p. 1156.
- ^ Megargee 2008.
Sources
- Baker, Lee (2006). "The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality (review)". The Journal of Military History. 70 (4): 1156–1157. S2CID 161295507. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- Megargee, Geoffrey (2008). "Megargee on Wette, 'The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality'". H-Net. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- Schwarz, Benjamin (2007). "Stalin's Gift". The Atlantic. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- Timm, Sylvia (4 May 2015). "Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik für Historiker Wolfram Wette" [Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for Historian Wolfram Wette]. Badische Zeitung. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
External links
- The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality: official page at the Harvard University Press web site.
- "Will Germany Finally Rehabilitate Nazi-Era 'Traitors'?", review of The Last Taboo (2009) by Wolfram Wette and Stern Online(in English)
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
