Fritz Nova
Fritz Nova (born February 19, 1915 in Berlin ; † August 31, 1995 in Newville, Pennsylvania ) was an American political scientist of German origin.
Life
Fritz Nova studied at the University of Bonn before emigrating to Italy in 1936 and continuing his studies at the University of Milan . In 1939 he emigrated to the USA . There he continued his studies with a Quaker scholarship first at Haverford College and then at the University of Pennsylvania , where he received his Ph.D. received his doctorate. He then became a soldier in the US armed forces and, after the end of the Second World War , was employed as an interrogator in Germany. Nova, who converted from the Jewish faith to Christianity, then taught until 1985 as a professor of political science at the Catholic Villanova University and published several books on socialist theorists as well as the Nazi chief ideologist Alfred Rosenberg . After his retirement he held lectures at the University of Pennsylvania. He was married to Coleta Halewyn, with whom he had six children.
Fonts
- Friedrich Engels . His contributions to political theory . Philosophical Library, New York 1967.
- Lassalle as a socialist theorist . Heymann, Cologne / Berlin / Bonn / Munich 1980, ISBN 3-452-18741-1 .
- Alfred Rosenberg . Nazi theorist of the Holocaust . Hippocrene Books, New York 1986.
literature
- Cologne journal for sociology and social psychology , special issue 23: Sociology in Germany and Austria 1918 - 1945 , 1981, p. 499
- Obituary: Fritz Nova, 80, Refugee from Nazis and spitited Teacher at Villanova . In: The Philadelphia Inquirer , September 4, 1985.
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Nova in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nova, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist of German origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 19, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1995 |
| Place of death | Newville, Pennsylvania |