Werner Markert (* December 3, 1905 - † March 25, 1965 ) - German historian , expert in the field of Eastern Europe , an employee of the Abwehr .
| Werner Markert | |
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| Werner markert | |
| Date of Birth | December 3, 1905 |
| Place of Birth | Leipzig , Saxony , German Empire |
| Date of death | March 25, 1965 (aged 59) |
| A place of death | Tübingen , Baden-Württemberg , Germany |
| A country |  Weimar Republic  Third Reich  Germany |
| Scientific field | story |
| Place of work | |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin |
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Biography
He graduated from high school. He studied history in Berlin , in the same place in 1931 he defended his thesis on "Political Sociology in Russia." Consisted in SA .
Since 1934 - Head of the Department of Eastern Europe at the Institute of Cultural and University History of the University of Leipzig .
In March 1935, along with other prominent experts in Eastern Europe ( Theodor Oberlander , Erich Mashke and Peter-Heinz Serafim ), he participated in a meeting on the organization of special educational and educational camps within the German East Union [1] .
He worked as an expert at the Central Office for Eastern European Affairs, scientific secretary of the German Society for the Study of Eastern Europe in Berlin . After Otto Götzsch left the post of editor of the magazine of the same name Osteuropa , Markert took his place and sharply criticized his journal for cosmopolitanism , since he considered it necessary to correlate research in this area with the political interests of Germany [2] .
During the Second World War, he was connected with the OUN and personally Stepan Bandera . Since April 1942, he served as a Sonderführer in the 2nd Division of the Abwehr (terrorist attacks, sabotage and the performance of special tasks).
In 1948-1953 - Associate Professor of the history of the Middle Ages and the New Age at the University of Gottingen .
Since 1953 - professor of East European history and local history at the University of Tübingen .
He acted as editor of publications on Eastern European and Sovietological topics. He participated in the work of the "Community for the Study of Eastern Europe" and the preparation of a multi-volume "Guide to Eastern Europe."
Compositions
Author
- Eine politische Soziologie in Russland. Leipzig: Teubner, [1932].
- Das Studium Osteuropas als wissenschaftliche und politische Aufgabe // Osteuropa. No. 9 (1933/34).
- Geschichtsbildende Kräfte im Osten // Ostaufgaben der Wissenschaft. München: Hoheneichen, 1943. S. 100-115.
- Otto Hoetzsch zum Gedächtnis. Stuttgart: Dt. Verl.-Anst., 1951.
- Zur geschichtlichen Bedeutung der russischen "Intelligenzia" // Rußland-Studien, Gedenkschrift für Otto Hoetzsch. Stuttgart: Dt. Verl.-Anst., 1957. S. 56-62.
- Osteuropa im deutschen Geschichtsbild // Osteuropa und die abendländische Welt. Göttingen, 1966. S. 13-23.
- Metternich und Alexander I.: die Rivalität der Mächte in der europäischen Allianz // Ibid. S. 122-144.
Editor
- Osteuropa-Handbuch. Köln: Böhlau, 1954—
- Bd. 1. Jugoslawien (1954).
- Bd. 2. Polen (1959).
- Bd. 3. Sowjetunion (1965).
- Der Mensch im kommunistischen System. Tübingen: Mohr (Siebeck), 1957.
- Deutsch-russische Beziehungen von Bismarck bis zur Gegenwart. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1964.
Notes
- ↑ Fahlbusch M., Haar I. German Scholars And Ethnic Cleansing, 1919-1945. New York, 2006. P. 10.
- ↑ Burleigh M. Germany Turns Eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich. Cambridge, 1988. P. 36.
Literature
- Burleigh m . Germany Turns Eastwards: A Study of Ostforschung in the Third Reich. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1988 .-- 351 p. - ISBN 0-521-35120-0 .