Bodo Scheurig

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Bodo Scheurig (* 1928 in Berlin ; † April 29, 2008 in Berlin) was a German historian and author.

After being captured by the Soviets, Bodo Scheurig studied modern history and philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and at Columbia University , New York . In Berlin he studied with Hans Herzfeld , among others , as his pupil he is known. He published numerous books and essays, especially about the conservative resistance against Hitler and in 1964 the first biography about Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg . His book about the National Committee Free Germany , which first appeared in 1965 and was last published in 1993 under the title Traitors or Patriots: The National Committee “Free Germany” and the Association of German Officers in the Soviet Union from 1943 to 1945, also became famous.

The Berlin State Library acquired his estate . A "Bodo Scheurig Collection" with documents on the conservative resistance against National Socialism is also located in the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich, some of which is accessible in digital form.

Publications (selection)

  • Claus Graf Schenk von Stauffenberg . Colloquium-Verlag, Berlin 1964 (series: Heads of the XXth Century, Vol. 33).
  • Introduction to contemporary history . de Gruyter, Berlin 1962. 2nd edition 1970, ISBN 3-110-02777-1 (Göschen Collection, vol. 1204).
  • Treason Behind Barbed Wire? The National Committee "Free Germany" and the Federation of German Officers in the Soviet Union 1943–1945 , Munich: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1965. dtv [-Taschenbücher]; 270.
  • Traitors or Patriots - the National Committee “Free Germany” and the Association of German Officers in the Soviet Union 1943–1945. Revised and supplemented new edition. Propylaea, Berlin / Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-549-07234-1
  • (Ed.): German Resistance 1938-1944: Progress or Reaction? 2nd edition, Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag 1984, ISBN 978-3-423-02943-8 (dtv paperback 2943, dtv documents)
  • Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin : A conservative against Hitler . Stalling, Oldenburg 1968. Latest edition: Bublies, Beltheim-Schnellbach 2001, ISBN 3-926584-75-0 .
  • Henning von Tresckow : A Prussian against Hitler . Stalling, Oldenburg 1973. Latest edition Propylaeen, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-549-07212-0 .
  • Alfred Jodl : Obedience and Doom . Propylaea, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-549-07228-7 .
  • Prussian disobedience. Tradition and decay. Fölbach, Koblenz 1999, ISBN 3-923532-98-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bodo Scheurig: "Free Germany". In: Der Spiegel , July 6, 1960
  2. ↑ Monthly report of the Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage (SBB-PK) for February 2005 (page 2) (PDF; 33 kB)
  3. ↑ see digitized example overview of the "Bodo Scheurig Collection" PDF, 137 pages
  4. ^ Documents about Henning von Tresckow PDF
personal data
SURNAME Disgusting, Bodo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 2008
Place of death Berlin