Heinrich Schwendemann

Heinrich Schwendemann (* 1956 in Zell am Harmersbach ) is a German historian specializing in modern history with a focus on the time of National Socialism .

biography

He studied history and German at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . Schwendemann wrote his dissertation on the economic cooperation between the German Reich and the Soviet Union during the time of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact . This was followed in 1991 by teaching at the Department of History at the University of Freiburg.

Today he is the managing assistant of the History Department for Medieval and Modern History at the University of Freiburg, senior academic adviser and student advisor in the subject of history. Schwendemann's habilitation project deals with the final battle of the Second World War and the military collapse in East Germany in 1944/45. One result so far is the realization that the extremely loss-making "final battle" on the Baltic Sea exemplifies Hitler's determination to bring about the fall of the Third Reich with the greatest possible losses.

In 1996, history students from Freiburg founded the Shoa.de working group under Bernd Martin and Heinrich Schwendemann , which has developed into one of the most popular history portals on the Internet.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

• The economic cooperation between the German Reich and the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1941. Alternative to Hitler's Eastern Program? Akademie Verlag , Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-05-002382-1 (revised dissertation, University of Freiburg, 1991).
• with Wolfgang Dietsche: Hitler's Castle. The “Führer Residence” in Poznan . With the collaboration of Bozena Gorczynska-Przybylowicz. Links, Berlin, ISBN 3-86153-289-1 .

Essays

• Stalin's miscalculation. German-Soviet relations 1939–1941. In: Tel Aviver yearbook for German history . ISSN  0932-8408 , 24 : 217-255 (1995).
• Life runners over scorched earth. From armaments minister to resister. How Albert Speer glossed over his own biography retrospectively. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . No. 97, April 26, 2000, p. 52.
• The Dönitz government program and the beginning of a legend. In: Jörg Hillmann, John Zimmermann (ed.): End of the war in Germany in 1945. On behalf of the Military History Research Office . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-486-56649-0 , pp. 9-35.
• The “boundless” architect. On the role of Albert Speer in the “Third Reich”. In: Susanne Kuss (Ed.): The Second World War in Europe and Asia. Professor Dr. Bernd Martin on his 65th birthday. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 2006, ISBN 3-7930-9471-5 , pp. 33-51.
• Between disgust and fascination. Joachim C. Fest 's biography of Hitler as a popular way of coming to terms with the past. In: Jürgen Danyel (Ed.): 50 classics of contemporary history. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-525-36024-8 , pp. 127-131.
• Stalin's miscalculation: The economic cooperation between the German Reich and the Soviet Union 1939-1941 . In: Christoph Koch (Ed.): Was there a Stalin-Hitler pact? . Peter Lang 2015, ISBN 978-3-631-66422-3 , pp. 293-312.

Web links

• Heinrich Schwendemann on the website of the University of Freiburg
• "Architect of Death" . In: Die Zeit , October 28, 2004, No. 45, on Albert Speer
• "War against its own population" , interview with arte , April 2005. "Hundreds of thousands of people could have been saved while fleeing [at the end of the Second World War] if the army command and navy had advocated it."
• "Late exposure of a liar" . In: Die Zeit , May 4, 2005, No. 19, review of Breloer's docu-drama Speer und Er

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1. ↑ “Shoa.de portal developed in Freiburg nominated for Grimme Online Award” , Badische Zeitung , June 30, 2005.
2. ^ Review notes on Hitler's castle. The "Führerresidenz" in Posen at perlentaucher.de , sehepunkte , Rheinischer Merkur  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Deutsche Welle