Louis Leo Snyder

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Louis Leo Snyder (born July 4, 1907 in Annapolis , Maryland , † November 25, 1993 in Princeton , New Jersey ) was an American historian and university professor who was one of the first to describe the rise of Adolf Hitler and who foresaw the consequences .

Life

Snyder graduated from St John's College in his hometown in 1928 and studied from 1929 as a scholarship holder of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Frankfurt am Main , where in 1931 he wrote his dissertation The Personal and Political Relationships of Bismarck with the Americans as Dr. phil. received his doctorate . In 1932 he published an analysis of Hitler's rise and future under the pseudonym Nordicus in New York , with which he foresaw the takeover of the National Socialists. In the USA, he first worked at Columbia University in New York City, then moved to the City College of New York in 1933 , where he received a full professorship in 1953 and taught until his retirement in 1977. He died at his Princeton retirement home.

Awards

Fonts

  • Bismarck's Personal and Political Relationships with Americans. Printing house d. Stud. Economic Aid, Darmstadt 1932, also: Dissertation, University of Frankfurt am Main, 1931.
  • Nordicus: Hitlerism, the Iron Fist in Germany. The Mohawk Press, New York 1932.
  • From Bismarck to Hitler. The background of modern German nationalism. The Bayard Press, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 1935.
  • Louis L. Snyder (Ed.): Handbook of Civilian Protection. McGraw-Hill , New York 1942.
  • Louis L. Snyder and Richard B. Morris (Eds.): A treasury of great reporting. "Literature under pressure" from the sixteenth century to our own time. Simon and Schuster , New York 1949.
  • German nationalism. The tragedy of a people. Extremism contra liberalism in modern German history. Stackpole Co., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 1952.
  • The meaning of nationalism. Greenwood, Westport, Connecticut 1954.
  • The age of reason. Van Nostrand , Princeton, New Jersey 1955.
  • Fifty major documents of the 20th century. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1955.
  • Fifty Major Documents of the Nineteenth Century. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1955.
  • The world in the twentieth century. Van Nostrand, New York 1955.
  • Basic History of Modern Germany. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1957.
  • Documents of German History. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1958.
  • The First Book of World War II
  • The war. A concise history, 1939-1945. Simon and Schuster, New York 1960.
  • Hitler and Nazism. Franklin Watts, Inc., New York 1961.
  • The idea of ​​racialism. Its meaning and history. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1962.
  • The Imperialism Reader. Documents and Readings on Modern Expansionism. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ 1962.
  • The Weimar Republic. A history of Germany from Ebert to Hitler. Van Nostrand, New York, Cincinnati and London 1966.
  • with Ida Mae Brown: Bismarck and German unification. F. Watts, New York 1966.
  • The Blood and Iron Chancellor. A Documentary-Biography of Otto Von Bismarck. Van Nostrand, Princeton, NJ and Toronto 1967
  • The new nationalism. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1968.
  • The Dreyfus case. A documentary history. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ 1973.
  • Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. McGraw-Hill , New York 1976.
  • Varieties of nationalism. A comparative study. Dryden Press, Hinsdale, Illinois 1976.
  • as editor: Historic documents of World War I. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1977.
  • Roots of German Nationalism. Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana 1978.
  • Hitler's Third Reich. A documentary history. Nelson-Hall, Chicago 1981.
  • Louis L. Snyder's Historical guide to World War II. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1982.
  • Global mini-nationalisms. Autonomy or independence. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1982.
  • Macro-nationalisms. A history of the pan movements. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn. 1984.
  • National Socialist Germany. Twelve years that shook the world. Krieger, Malabor, Florida 1984.
  • Blood and iron chancellor. A documentary biography of Otto von Bismarck. RE Warrior Pub. Co., Malabar, Fla. 1985.
  • The Third Reich, 1933-1945. A bibliographical guide to German national socialism. Garland Pub., New York 1987.
  • Hitler's elite. Biographical Sketches of Nazis who Shaped the Third Reich. Hippocrene Books, New York 1989.
  • Encyclopedia of nationalism. Paragon House, New York 1990.
  • Hitler's German enemies. Portraits of heroes who fought the Nazis. Berkley, New York 1992, 1990.
  • Contemporary nationalisms. Persistence in case studies. Warrior Pub. Co., Malabar, Fl. 1992.

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personal data
SURNAME Snyder, Louis Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Snyder, Louis L .; Nordica (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Annapolis , Maryland
DATE OF DEATH November 25, 1993
Place of death Princeton , New Jersey