German Refugee Historians and Friedrich Meinecke

Gerhard A. Ritter, emeritus professor of Modern History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich. His most recent books deal with the social history of Germany, the comparative history of the welfare state, the reunification of Germany in 1989/90, and problems of historiography.

• ForewordIntroduction: Friedrich Meinecke and his émigré students I. Meinecke as historian and political contemporary II. Meinecke as academic teacher III. Meinecke’s émigré students1. Hans Rothfels 2. Dietrich Gerhard 3. Gerhard Masur 4. Hajo Holborn 5. Felix Gilbert 6. Hans Baron 7. Helene Wieruszowski 8. Hans Rosenberg 9. Hedwig Hintze 10. Eckart Kehr 11. Hanns Günther Reissner 12. Gustav Mayer IV. Meinecke, his émigré students and relations between the discipline of history in Germany and the United States DocumentsList of documentsI. Hans Rothfels II. Dietrich Gerhard III. Gerhard Masur IV. Hajo Holborn V. Felix Gilbert VI. Hans Baron VII. Helene Wieruszowski VIII. Hans Rosenberg IX. Hedwig Hintze X. Eckart Kehr XI. Hanns Günther Reissner XII. Gustav Mayer IllustrationsSources and bibliography Index of names

There is little to criticize in this edition, which is meticulously annotated, and makes entirely fascinating reading....will surely become a very important edition for anyone interested in exile historiographies and the transatlantic interplay between North American and West German historiographies after 1945 in particular.Stefan Berger, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 84, No. 2, The Jew in the Modern European Imaginary (June 2012), 517-519