Hans Woller

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The historian Hans Woller (born February 22, 1952 in Aldersbach ) primarily conducts research on topics from contemporary German and Italian history . His academic biography is closely linked to the Munich Institute for Contemporary History . He lives in Munich .

Life

From 1972 to 1979 Woller studied Bavarian history, modern history, German literature and political science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . After receiving his doctorate in 1979 with the thesis "The Loritz Party: History, Structure and Politics of the Economic Development Association (WAV) 1945–1955" , he was a research assistant at the Institute for Contemporary History from 1980 . In 1985 he spent three years at the German Historical Institute in Rome . After returning to the Institute for Contemporary History in 1988, he worked, among other things, for the series of quarterly journals for contemporary history . From 1994, when he took over from Hermann Graml , until 2015 he was editor-in-chief of the Vierteljahrshefte; Jürgen Zarusky was his successor .

In addition, Woller is a specialist in German and, in particular, Italian contemporary history, which, in addition to numerous publications, is also expressed in his appointment to the German-Italian Commission of Historians (2009–2012).

Woller appears as a regular writer of reviews for the online journal sehepunkte ; He mainly discusses titles on Italian history in the 20th century. During his time as editor-in-chief of the Vierteljahreshefte he himself published articles on the history of fascist Italy in the magazine . Rainer Behring called Woller's History of Italy in the 20th Century , published in 2010, “an excellent synthesis that bundles the state of German, Italian and Anglo-American research” and also “sets its own accents and presents its own interpretations”; the book will "easily advance to a standard work".

Publications (selection)

As an author

  • Society and Politics in the American Zone of Occupation. The Ansbach and Fürth region. Munich 1986.
  • The settlement with fascism in Italy 1943–1948. Munich 1996.
    • I conti con il fascismo. L'epurazione in Italia, 1943-1948 . Il Mulino, Bologna 1997.
  • Rome, October 28, 1922. The fascist challenge. Munich 1999.
    • Roma, 28 ottobre 1922 - l'Europa e la sfida dei fascismi . Il Mulino, Bologna 2001.
  • History of Italy in the 20th century. Munich 2010.
  • Mussolini. The first fascist - a biography. 2nd corrected edition. CH Beck, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-406-69837-8 .
    • Mussolini. Il primo fascista. Carocci editore, Rome 2018.
  • Gerd Müller or How big money got into football. A biography. Munich 2019.

As editor

  • with Klaus-Dietmar Henke : years of apprenticeship at the CSU. A post-war party reflected in confidential reports to the American military government. Stuttgart 1984.
  • with Martin Broszat and Klaus-Dietmar Henke: From Stalingrad to currency reform. On the social history of upheaval in Germany. Munich 1988.
  • Italy and the Great Powers 1943–1949 (= series of the quarterly books for contemporary history . Volume 57). Oldenbourg, Munich 1988.
  • with Klaus-Dietmar Henke: Political cleansing in Europe. The reckoning with fascism and collaboration after World War II. Munich 1991.
  • with Norbert Frei and Klaus-Dietmar Henke: 20 days in the 20th century. Munich 1997 ff.
  • with Thomas Schlemmer: Bavaria in the Bund. Vol. 1: The development of the country 1949 to 1973. Munich 2001.
  • with Thomas Schlemmer: Bavaria in the Bund. Vol. 2: Society in Transition 1949 to 1973. Munich 2002.
  • with Thomas Schlemmer: Bavaria in the Bund. Vol. 3: Politics and culture in the federal state 1949 to 1973. Munich 2004.
  • with Gian Enrico Rusconi: Italia e Germania 1945–2000. La costruzione dell'Europa. Bologna 2005.
  • with Johannes Hürter : Hans Rothfels and German contemporary history. Munich 2005.
  • with Gian Enrico Rusconi: parallel story? Italy and Germany 1945–2000. Berlin 2006.
  • with Thomas Schlemmer and Gian Enrico Rusconi: Creeping Alienation? Germany and Italy after the fall of the wall. Munich 2008.
  • with Gian Enrico Rusconi and Thomas Schlemmer: Berlusconi in power. The politics of the Italian center-right governments in a comparative perspective. Munich 2010.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Wirsching : Changing of the guard in the chief editor. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte. Vol. 64 (2016), H. 1, pp. 165–167, doi: 10.1515 / vfzg-2016-0007 and here at the IFZ without access restrictions .
  2. ↑ See here only the recently published review: Hans Woller: Review of: Emilio Gentile : 25 luglio 1943. Editori Laterza, Bari / Roma 2018. In: sehepunkte 19 (2019), No. 3 ( online ). From there, under the heading “More reviews by Hans Woller”, a link to the other reviews of the historian.
  3. ↑ Thomas Schlemmer , Hans Woller: The Italian fascism and the Jews 1922 to 1945. In: Quarterly books for contemporary history. Volume 53, 2005, Issue 2, pp. 164–201 (PDF) ; Hans Woller: Churchill and Mussolini. Open confrontation and secret cooperation? In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte . Volume 49 (2001), Issue 4, pp. 563-594 ( PDF ).
  4. ^ Rainer Behring: Italy in the mirror of German-language contemporary history research. A literature review (2006–2013). In: Archives for Social History . Volume 54, 2014, pp. 345–394, here p. 347 (PDF) .
personal data
SURNAME Woller, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German contemporary historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Aldersbach