Lothar Gruchmann

Lothar Gruchmann (born January 25, 1929 in Plauen ; † June 13, 2015 in Munich ) was a German historian and political scientist .

From 1960 to 1992 he worked at the Institute for Contemporary History in Munich. From 1962 to 1968 he held teaching positions at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He published numerous books and did some research on the history of justice in the Third Reich , for example in the case of Georg Elser . In 2002 the Law Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich awarded him an honorary doctorate and the then Federal President Johannes Rau the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class.

Works

The second World War. Warfare and Politics . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag DTV, Munich 1967. Numerous other editions, 11th, reviewed and updated edition, DTV Munich 2005.
The "missed strategic opportunities" of the Axis powers in the Mediterranean region in 1940/41. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 18 (1970), pp. 456–475.
(Ed.): Johann Georg Elser - autobiography of an assassin. The attack on Hitler in the Bürgerbräu in 1939. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-421-06519-5 (Gestapo interrogation protocol for the bomb attack in the Bürgerbräukeller, Munich on November 8, 1939).
Justice in the Third Reich 1933–1940. Adaptation and submission in the Gürtner era. Oldenbourg, Munich 1988. 3rd improved edition, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3486538335 .
Total war. From Blitzkrieg to unconditional surrender. DTV, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-423-04521-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Gruchmann, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German historian and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 25, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Plauen
DATE OF DEATH	June 13, 2015
Place of death	Munich