Gerd R. Ueberschär
Gerd Rolf Ueberschär (born August 18, 1943 in Offenbach am Main ) is a German military historian . He is best known for his work on the time of National Socialism and the Second World War .
Live and act
Gerd R. Ueberschär studied history , political science and geography at the University of Frankfurt . After the state examination , he worked as a research assistant at the History Department of the University of Frankfurt, first with Paul Kluke and after his retirement with Klaus Hildebrand . In 1976 he was with the work Hitler and Finland 1939-1941. German-Finnish relations during the Hitler-Stalin pact with Dr. phil. PhD . For his dissertation he evaluated the diary of Wehrmacht general Waldemar Erfurth (1879–1971).
Afterwards he was a research assistant at the Military History Research Office in Freiburg and from 1986 lecturer at the University of Freiburg . From 1996 to 2005 he worked as a historian and archivist at the Federal Archives-Military Archives in Freiburg.
His book Stauffenberg. July 20, 1944 was created as a scientific booklet for the ARD film Stauffenberg by Jo Baier .
Gerd R. Ueberschär is married to Ute Ueberschär-von Livonius and lives in the Freiburg district of Sankt Georgen .
Fonts
- Hitler and Finland 1939–1941. German-Finnish relations during the Hitler-Stalin pact. Dissertation. University of Frankfurt. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1978, ISBN 3-515-02806-4 .
- Bet with Wolfram : bombs and legends. Rombach, Freiburg i. Br. 1981, ISBN 3-7930-0292-6 .
- with Rolf-Dieter Müller and Wolfram Wette: Whoever backs away will be shot! Dreisam, Freiburg i. Br. 1985, ISBN 3-89125-219-6 .
- with Thomas Schnabel: Peace at last! The end of the war in Freiburg in 1945. Schillinger, Freiburg i. Br. 1985, ISBN 3-89155-009-X .
- with Rolf-Dieter Müller: Germany on the brink. Verlag des Südkurier, Konstanz 1986, ISBN 3-87799-073-8 .
- Freiburg in the air war. With a photo documentation of the destruction of the old town on November 27, 1944 by Hans Schadek. Ploetz, Freiburg i. Br. 1990, ISBN 3-87640-332-4 .
- Colonel General Franz Halder . Muster-Schmidt, Göttingen 1991, ISBN 3-7881-0138-5 .
- with Rolf-Dieter Müller: End of War 1945. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-596-10837-3 .
Italian edition: La fine del Terzo Reich. Mulino, Bologna 1995, ISBN 88-15-04853-7 . - with Rolf-Dieter Müller: Hitler's War in the East 1941–1945. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-534-14768-5 .
English edition: Hitler's war in the East 1941–1945. From the German by Bruce D. Little. Berghahn Books, New York, Oxford 2002, ISBN 1-57181-293-8 . - with Winfried Vogel : serving and earning. Hitler's gifts to his elites. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-10-086002-0 .
- Stauffenberg. July 20, 1944. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-10-086003-9 .
- with Rolf-Dieter Müller: 1945. The end of the war. Primus, Darmstadt 2005, ISBN 3-89678-266-5 .
- For another Germany. The German resistance against the Nazi state 1933–1945. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-596-13934-1 .
- with Wolfgang Lotz : Reichspost and company "Gomorrha". Everyday life in the war and postal operations after the Allied air raids on Hamburg in July and August 1943. Lotz, Dieburg 2008.
as editor
- with Wolfram Wette: "Operation Barbarossa." The German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. Schöningh, Paderborn 1984, ISBN 3-506-77468-9 . New edition: Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-596-24437-4 .
- July 20, 1944. Bund, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-7663-2370-9 .
- The National Committee “Free Germany” and the Association of German Officers. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-596-12633-9 .
- The German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. Primus, Darmstadt 1998, ISBN 3-89678-084-0 .
- July 20th. Elefanten-Press, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-88520-715-X .
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Hitler's military elite. Primus, Darmstadt 1998.
- Volume 1: From the beginning of the regime to the beginning of the war. ISBN 3-89678-083-2 .
- Volume 2: From the beginning of the war to the end of the war. ISBN 3-89678-089-1 .
- New edition: two volumes in one volume. 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-727-9 .
- with Lev A. Bezymenskij : The German attack on the Soviet Union in 1941. The controversy about the preventive war thesis . Primus, Darmstadt 1998. New edition 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-776-7 .
- National Socialism on trial. The allied trials of war criminals and soldiers 1943–1952. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-596-13589-3 .
- Nazi crimes and the military resistance against Hitler. Primus, Darmstadt 2000, ISBN 3-89678-169-3 .
- The German resistance against Hitler. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2002, ISBN 3-534-13146-0 .
- Places of horror. Primus, Darmstadt 2003, ISBN 3-89678-232-0
- Handbook on Resistance to National Socialism and Fascism in Europe 1933/39 to 1945. de Gruyter, Berlin, New York 2011, ISBN 978-3-598-11767-1 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerd R. Ueberschär in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Gerd R. Ueberschär at perlentaucher.de
- Works by and about Gerd R. Ueberschär in the German Digital Library
- Gerd R. Ueberschär: On the way to July 20, 1944. In: From politics and contemporary history . No. 27, June 28, 2004.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ueberschär, Gerd R. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ueberschär, Gerd Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German military historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Offenbach am Main |