Gerhard Jagschitz
Gerhard Jagschitz (born October 27, 1940 in Vienna ; † July 30, 2018 there ) was an Austrian historian and university professor of modern history at the University of Vienna .
Life
Jagschitz studied history, German philology, folklore and Egyptology at the University of Vienna. In 1968 he received his doctorate. phil. and then became an assistant to Ludwig Jedlicka at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna, founded in 1966 . In 1978 the habilitation followed with a thesis on the July coup . In 1985 he became professor for modern history with a special focus on contemporary history at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna, of which he was also director from 1994 to 2001. In 2002 he retired.
His main research interests were a. of Nazism , terror and destruction in Nazi Germany , the Second Republic of Austria and the Austrian identity .
In addition, Jagschitz was committed to the institutionalization of the collection of audiovisual sources and built up an important picture archive, which is now in the picture archive of the Austrian National Library . He was also the first to use the term visual history in the German-speaking world . Gerhard Jagschitz was a staunch critic of the EU.
From 2008 he ran the oral history project “Menschenleben” with the media library of the Technical Museum , for which several hours of biographical conversations were held and recorded with over 1500 people.
Gerhard Jagschitz's grandfather was the officer Maximilian Ronge .
Jagschitz died on July 30, 2018 in Vienna of complications as a result of an operation. He was buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Works
- The coup. The National Socialists in Austria in 1934. Verlag Styria, Graz / Vienna / Cologne 1976, ISBN 3-222-10884-6 .
- with Verena Moritz and Hannes Leidinger : In the center of power. The many faces of the head of the secret service, Maximilian Ronge . Residenz-Verlag, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-7017-3038-4 .
Awards
Web links
- Audio and video documents with Gerhard Jagschitz (analyzes, interviews, radio broadcasts ...) in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
- Literature by and about Gerhard Jagschitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Contemporary historian Gerhard Jagschitz dies science.orf.at, August 1, 2018.
- Obituary by Oliver Rathkolb on the website of the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on the website of the University of Vienna (PDF; 50 kB).
- ^ Gerhard Jagschitz: EG and democracy . In: Guenther Witzany (ed.): Betrayed and sold . Unipress Verlag, Salzburg 1993, ISBN 3-85419-110-3 , p. 69-91 .
- ^ Gerhard Jagschitz: A civil society for Austria . In: Guenther Witzany (Ed.): Future Austria. EU affiliation and the consequences . Unipress Verlag, Salzburg 1998, ISBN 3-85419-108-1 , p. 101-125 .
- ↑ In memory of Gerhard Jagschitz. In: Austrian Media Library . 2018, accessed August 7, 2018 .
- ↑ ZEIT Online: My grandfather, the murderer . Article dated March 22, 2007, accessed September 2, 2017.
- ↑ Contemporary historian Gerhard Jagschitz died orf.at, August 1, 2018, accessed August 1, 2018.
- ^ Gerhard Jagschitz grave site , Vienna, Central Cemetery, Group 34, Extension G, No. 12.
- ^ Ö1 : Prof. Gerhard Jagschitz analyzes the July Putsch 1934. Retrieved on 10 Sep. 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jagschitz, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 2018 |
| Place of death | Vienna |