Alexander Schmidt (historian)

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Alexander Schmidt (* 1963 in Nuremberg ) is a German historian and exhibition designer.

Life

Schmidt studied history , political science and sociology in Erlangen and Berlin. He then worked from 1992 to 2002 as a historian and cityscape explorer at History For All - Institute for Regional History in Nuremberg. In 2004 he was with Wolfgang Hardtwig at the Philosophical Faculty of the Humboldt University in Berlin with the dissertation culture in Nuremberg 1918-1933. Weimar Modernism in the Province for Dr. phil. PhD.

From 2002 to 2007 he was project manager for the conception of a permanent exhibition and educational director of the Flossenbürg Concentration Camp Memorial . Since 2007 he has been a research assistant at the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg. In addition, he is the spokesman for the regional group for Northeast Bavaria of Gegen Vergessen - For Democracy.

He published u. a. on the history of Nuremberg and the history of National Socialism .

Fonts (selection)

  • Hans Sachs and Nuremberg. A city tour for the 500th birthday in 1994 . History For All - Institute for Regional History, Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 1994, ISBN 3-930699-02-8 .
  • with Martina Mittenhuber, Bernd Windsheimer: Workers' apartments , villas and mansions. The Nuremberg northeast (= Nuremberg district books . No. 4). History for All, Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 1998, ISBN 3-930699-11-7 . (2nd edition 2012)
  • Site inspection. The Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg . 3rd edition, Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 2002, ISBN 3-930699-37-0 .
  • Culture in Nuremberg 1918–1933. Weimar Modernism in the Province . Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 2005, ISBN 3-930699-43-5 .
  • with Markus Urban: Nuremberg Rally Grounds. Short guide . Edited by Geschichte Für Alle - Institute for Regional History in cooperation with the City of Nuremberg, Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 2006, ISBN 3-930699-45-1 . (English / Italian edition)
  • with Bernd Windsheimer: History of the Jews in Nuremberg. Short guide (= historical walks . 11). Sandberg Verlag, Nuremberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-930699-84-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Schmidt: Culture in Nuremberg 1918–1933. Weimar Modernism in the Province , Nuremberg 2005, p. 4.
  2. ↑ Michael Brenner , Daniela F. Eisenstein (ed.): The Jews in Franconia (= studies on Jewish history and culture in Bavaria . Volume 5). Oldenbourg, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-486-70100-5 , p. 294 (list of authors)
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and exhibition designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg