Axel Fair-Schulz is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Mario Kessler is Associate Professor at the Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany. Together, they are the editors of German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History.

• IntroductionAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario Kessler1. A Different Starting Point, a Different End: East and West German Historiography After 1945Mario Kessler2. Where Did Historical Studies in the German Democratic Republic Stand at the Eve of Unification?Georg G. Iggers3. The Revenge of the Krupps? Reflections on the End of GDR HistoriographyWilliam A. Pelz4. "Once Upon a Time...": Losses in Scholarly Competence as a Result of German UnificationHelmut Meier5. German Unification and the Debate of the West German Social SciencesStefan Bollinger6. Anticommunist Purge or Democratic Renewal? The Transformation of the Humboldt University, 1985–2000Konrad H. Jarausch7. Research on Fascism and Antifascism in the GDR: A RetrospectiveKurt Pätzold8. Painful Transition and New Research on the History of Political Parties in GermanyManfred Weissbecker9. Research on Conservatism in Jena: The Beginning and the End of an Interdisciplinary Research ProjectLudwig Elm10. The Dissolution of East German Economic History at the Economic University in Berlin-Karlshorst: A Typical Anschluss ProcedureJörg Roesler11. The Dissolution of the Institute for Economic History at the Academy of SciencesAxel Fair-Schulz12. Dismantling the GDR’s Historical Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of LeipzigWerner Röhr13. From "Imperialist Class Enemy" to "Partners in Leadership" in 365 Days? East German American Studies Since 1989Rainer Schnoor14. Handling GDR Colonial HistoriographyUlrich van der Heyden15. Obscuring East Germany: The Phantom Menace of East Germany to Social Scientific Understanding ofPost-Reunified GermanyMarcus AurinConclusion: A Note on Research Directions and LiteratureAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario KesslerAppendix: Appeal from University Professors and Former German and Central European Refugees, from Frankfurter Rundschau, September 11, 2002ContributorsIndex of Names

Axel Fair-Schulz is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Mario Kessler is Associate Professor at the Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany. Together, they are the editors of German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History.

• IntroductionAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario Kessler1. A Different Starting Point, a Different End: East and West German Historiography After 1945Mario Kessler2. Where Did Historical Studies in the German Democratic Republic Stand at the Eve of Unification?Georg G. Iggers3. The Revenge of the Krupps? Reflections on the End of GDR HistoriographyWilliam A. Pelz4. "Once Upon a Time...": Losses in Scholarly Competence as a Result of German UnificationHelmut Meier5. German Unification and the Debate of the West German Social SciencesStefan Bollinger6. Anticommunist Purge or Democratic Renewal? The Transformation of the Humboldt University, 1985–2000Konrad H. Jarausch7. Research on Fascism and Antifascism in the GDR: A RetrospectiveKurt Pätzold8. Painful Transition and New Research on the History of Political Parties in GermanyManfred Weissbecker9. Research on Conservatism in Jena: The Beginning and the End of an Interdisciplinary Research ProjectLudwig Elm10. The Dissolution of East German Economic History at the Economic University in Berlin-Karlshorst: A Typical Anschluss ProcedureJörg Roesler11. The Dissolution of the Institute for Economic History at the Academy of SciencesAxel Fair-Schulz12. Dismantling the GDR’s Historical Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of LeipzigWerner Röhr13. From "Imperialist Class Enemy" to "Partners in Leadership" in 365 Days? East German American Studies Since 1989Rainer Schnoor14. Handling GDR Colonial HistoriographyUlrich van der Heyden15. Obscuring East Germany: The Phantom Menace of East Germany to Social Scientific Understanding ofPost-Reunified GermanyMarcus AurinConclusion: A Note on Research Directions and LiteratureAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario KesslerAppendix: Appeal from University Professors and Former German and Central European Refugees, from Frankfurter Rundschau, September 11, 2002ContributorsIndex of Names

Axel Fair-Schulz is Associate Professor of Modern European History at the State University of New York at Potsdam. Mario Kessler is Associate Professor at the Center for Contemporary History, Potsdam, Germany. Together, they are the editors of German Scholars in Exile: New Studies in Intellectual History.

• IntroductionAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario Kessler1. A Different Starting Point, a Different End: East and West German Historiography After 1945Mario Kessler2. Where Did Historical Studies in the German Democratic Republic Stand at the Eve of Unification?Georg G. Iggers3. The Revenge of the Krupps? Reflections on the End of GDR HistoriographyWilliam A. Pelz4. "Once Upon a Time...": Losses in Scholarly Competence as a Result of German UnificationHelmut Meier5. German Unification and the Debate of the West German Social SciencesStefan Bollinger6. Anticommunist Purge or Democratic Renewal? The Transformation of the Humboldt University, 1985–2000Konrad H. Jarausch7. Research on Fascism and Antifascism in the GDR: A RetrospectiveKurt Pätzold8. Painful Transition and New Research on the History of Political Parties in GermanyManfred Weissbecker9. Research on Conservatism in Jena: The Beginning and the End of an Interdisciplinary Research ProjectLudwig Elm10. The Dissolution of East German Economic History at the Economic University in Berlin-Karlshorst: A Typical Anschluss ProcedureJörg Roesler11. The Dissolution of the Institute for Economic History at the Academy of SciencesAxel Fair-Schulz12. Dismantling the GDR’s Historical Scholarship: A Case Study of the University of LeipzigWerner Röhr13. From "Imperialist Class Enemy" to "Partners in Leadership" in 365 Days? East German American Studies Since 1989Rainer Schnoor14. Handling GDR Colonial HistoriographyUlrich van der Heyden15. Obscuring East Germany: The Phantom Menace of East Germany to Social Scientific Understanding ofPost-Reunified GermanyMarcus AurinConclusion: A Note on Research Directions and LiteratureAxel Fair-Schulz and Mario KesslerAppendix: Appeal from University Professors and Former German and Central European Refugees, from Frankfurter Rundschau, September 11, 2002ContributorsIndex of Names