Albert Schwarz (historian)

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Albert Schwarz (born August 29, 1906 in Munich , † August 11, 1996 in Freising ) was a German historian .

Life

Family and education

The Catholic baptized Albert Schwarz turned to the High School since 1926, studying philosophy , classical philology , German studies and history at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich to. After taking the state examination in 1931 , he also studied law , especially German and international constitutional law. In 1935 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD .

Albert Schwarz married Maria Wullhorst in 1936. The daughters Marianne, Hiltrud and Dorothea came from this connection. He died in Freising in August 1996, just before the age of 90.

Professional background

Albert Schwarz got his first job as a study assessor . In addition, he has been conducting archival research on behalf of the German Research Foundation in Berlin since 1936 . Since 1940 Albert Schwarz, who was involved in the resistance movement during the Nazi era , did military service, and in 1945 he became a prisoner of war.

After his release from captivity, Albert Schwarz was employed in his brother's office, and since 1948 he has given historical lectures at the State Vocational Education Institute in Munich. In 1950 he completed his habilitation with Franz Schnabel at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. In the same year he was appointed as a representative of the chair for history at the Philosophical-Theological University in Freising, in the following year he was appointed as a regular associate professor and in 1956 as a full professor. After the dissolution of this university in 1969, he was accepted in the same function in the Philosophical Faculty I at the Ludwig Maximilians University, and in 1971 he retired .

Schwarz, who was one of the founding members of the Munich Association for the History of Natural Sciences, Medicine and Technology, held the office of Chairman of the Commission for Contemporary History at the Catholic Academy in Bavaria . Schwarz was elected a member of the Commission for Contemporary History in Bonn and the Görres Society . He particularly stood out with contributions to contemporary history .

Fonts

  • The craftsman question in the Catholic magazines in Germany, 1848–1870 , dissertation LMU Munich 1935, K. Triltsch, Würzburg 1937
  • The Weimar Republic, Academic Publishing Company Athenaion, Konstanz, 1958
  • Federal principle and Reichswehr policy in the Weimar period. On Otto Geßler's memories, in: Journal for Bavarian State History, Volume 24, Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1961, pp. 174–179.
  • German history between the two world wars, in: Journal for Bavarian State History, Volume 26, Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1963, pp. 392-399.
  • The People's Representation of the First Republic. The Weimar National Assembly / The Reichstag 1920–1933, in: Ernst Deuerlein (Ed.): The Reichstag 1871-1933. Essays, minutes and representations on the history of the parliamentary representation of the German people, Athenäum Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1963, pp. 85–99.
  • Contemporary history in the mirror of modern literature, in: Journal for Bavarian State History, Volume 26, Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1963, pp. 646–662.
  • Leopold von Ranke and his successors, in: Journal for Bavarian State History, Volume 29, Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1966, pp. 727–732.
  • The problem of historical progress in Ernst Haeckel , in: Max Spindler , Dieter Albrecht: Festschrift for Max Spindler on his 75th birthday, Beck, Munich, 1969, pp. 767-776.
  • The period from 1918 to 1933. Second part (1920-1933), in: Max Spindler (Ed.): Handbuch der Bavarian Geschichte, Volume 4/1, Verlag CH Beck, Munich, 1974, pp. 454-517.

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personal data
SURNAME Schwarz, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1996
Place of death Freising