Karl-Volker Neugebauer

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Karl-Volker Neugebauer (born October 14, 1947 in Trebel ) is a German officer , military archivist and historian . He was an employee at the Military History Research Office and the Bundeswehr museum officer. He is also the editor of two textbooks in several volumes on German military history.

Life

Neugebauer made according to the High School 1966 at the high school in Lüchow (Wendland) as reserve officer candidate of the Army two years military service in the armed forces . He then studied Medieval and Modern History, Eastern European History and Geography at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel , the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg and the University of Cologne . During his studies in 1969 he joined the Corps Saxonia Kiel ( KSCV ).

In 1977 he worked with Andreas Hillgruber , formerly "Senior Historian" at MGFA, at the Philosophical Faculty of Cologne University with the dissertation The establishment of German military control in unoccupied France and in French Northwest Africa. A study on the problem of securing the southwest flank of Hitler's continental empire for Dr. phil. PhD.

In 1980, with the rank of major in the Bundeswehr, he became archivist at the Bundesarchiv-Military Archive (BArch-MA) in Freiburg im Breisgau. Working there as head of department, the military historian was transferred to the Military History Research Office (MGFA). In 1994 the MGFA moved to Potsdam, where he was appointed as a senior scientific adviser to be in charge of museums for the Bundeswehr. In 2008 the civil servant , meanwhile appointed Scientific Director, retired.

reception

dissertation

The general Swiss military magazine described Neugebauer's dissertation on a single problem of the Second World War ( the establishment of German military control in unoccupied France and in French Northwest Africa ) as a "comprehensive analysis". The Stuttgart historian Eberhard Jäckel also included the work in the historical journal as a "thorough study from the files in all details", but "without [..] significantly changing or expanding the existing knowledge".

Military history textbook

Neugebauer is the publisher of the highly regarded textbook Basic Course in German Military History . This is a newly edited follow-up to the double volume Basics of German Military History and is aimed primarily at officer candidates . The extensive volumes are also used centrally in military history teaching at the Bundeswehr officers' schools.

The textbook from 1993 was already noticed in specialist circles, as a review by the military historian Hans Ehlert (MGFA) in the military journal Europäische Sicherheit shows. From 2006 onwards, the volumes of the basic course, which appeared in two editions, were discussed. a. at H-Soz-Kult (Rüdiger von Dehn), where on the first volume it was stated: “The attraction of the volume [...] is the fact that a little more than five hundred pages of basic data and contexts are reflected here. The claim to design the volume as a lexicon has been consistently fulfilled well. ”And on the portal for political science (Timo Lüth), which made up a“ descriptive description ”without a“ critical dimension ”in the third volume. Reviewers also commented on the entire work in one of the leading specialist magazines, Military History Magazine (Björn Brosius and Heike Christina Mätzing).

Fonts (selection)

Monographs

  • German military control in unoccupied France and French Northwest Africa 1940–1942. On the problem of securing the south-western flank of Hitler's continental empire (= Defense Science Research, Department of Military History Studies . Volume 27). Harald Boldt-Verlag, Boppard am Rhein 1980, ISBN 3-7646-1752-7 .

Editorships

  • Basics of German military history . Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, 2 volumes, Rombach Verlag , Freiburg im Breisgau 1993, ISBN 3-7930-0662-6 .
  • H. Dv. 487 Combined arms command and combat (FuG) (= Bibliotheca rerum militarium . 53). With an introduction by Karl-Volker Neugebauer, reprint of the 1921/1924 edition in 3 parts, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1994, ISBN 3-7648-1793-3 .
  • Basic course in German military history. Three volumes with interactive DVD . Commissioned by the Military History Research Office, R. Oldenbourg Verlag , Munich 2006–2008. (2nd edition 2009)

Edits

Contributions to edited volumes

  • Operational thinking between the First and Second World Wars. In: Military History Research Office (Ed.): Operative thinking and acting in German armed forces in the 19th and 20th centuries (= lectures on military history . Volume 9). ES Mittler & Sohn , Herford u. a. 1988, ISBN 3-8132-0299-2 , pp. 97-122.
  • Asceticism and Economy. The importance of the Cistercians for cultural and economic development in medieval Europe. In: Andreas Behrendt, Jens Rüffer (ed.): Spirituality in space and image (= studies on the history, art and culture of the Cistercians . Volume 26). Lukas Verlag , Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-86732-015-3 , pp. 9-25.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Karl-Volker Neugebauer: The establishment of the German military control in unoccupied France and in French northwest Africa . Dissertation, University of Cologne 1977, p. 293.
  2. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten , 1996, 148, 438.
  3. ↑ Margret Pöllen: personal messages. In: The archivist . Vol. 34, 1981, H. 1, p. 169.
  4. ↑ Margret Pöllen: personal messages. In: The archivist. Vol. 39, 1986, H. 2, p. 379.
  5. ^ Thomas Thiemeyer: Between heroes, perpetrators and victims. What sense do German, French and English museums see today in the two world wars. In: History and Society . 36, 2010, pp. 462–491, here: p. 471.
  6. ↑ Military History Research Office (ed.): Annual report 2008/09 . Potsdam 2008, p. 22.
  7. ↑ DW: The German military control in unoccupied France and in French Northwest Africa 1940–1942 by Karl-Volker Neugebauer. In: General Swiss military magazine . Vol. 147, H. 11 (1981), p. 749.
  8. ↑ Eberhard Jäckel : The German military control in unoccupied France and in French North West Africa 1940-1942. On the problem of securing the southwest flank of Hitler's continental empire by Karl-Volker Neugebauer. In: Historical magazine . Volume 236, H. 1 (February 1983), pp. 220-221.
  9. ↑ Reinhard Wittmann : Knowledge for the future. 150 years of Oldenbourg Verlag . Oldenbourg, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58822-4 , p. 136.
  10. ↑ Martin Rink : Fifty Years of Military History Research Office. A chronicle . Published by the Military History Research Office, be.bra Wissenschaft Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937233-47-5 , p. 111.
  11. ↑ Winfried Heinemann : Thinking from the point of view of deployment - historical education for the Bundeswehr as an operational army. In: Dieter H. Kollmer (Ed.): “Think from the start!”. Significance and use of military history at the beginning of the 21st century (= Potsdam writings on military history . Volume 22). Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , Potsdam 2013, ISBN 978-3-941571-26-6 , pp. 27–36, here: 31.
  12. ^ Rüdiger von Dehn: Neugebauer, Karl (ed.): The time until 1914. From the war band to the mass army. Munich 2006 . H-Soz-Kult , December 22, 2006.
  13. ↑ Timo Lüth: Karl-Volker Neugebauer (Hrsg.): Basic course in German military history. Munich 2008 . Political Science Portal , June 3, 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Neugebauer, Karl-Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, military archivist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Trebel