Michael Zimmermann (historian)
Michael Zimmermann (born November 17, 1951 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; † January 20, 2007 in Essen ) was a German historian who has emerged through numerous publications, especially on the Porajmos , the persecution of Roma as gypsies under National Socialism .
He graduated from the state high school in Mülheim an der Ruhr and studied history, social sciences and Latin studies from 1970-77. In the first half of the 1990s Zimmermann belonged to several commissions: For example the “ Sinti and Roma ” commission of the EKD , the commissions for the redesign of the Neuengamme concentration camp memorial and the concentration camp memorials in Brandenburg as well as the Frankfurt conception commission for the Fritz- Bauer Institute . In 2001 he was one of the founders of the "Sinti and Roma" working group of the Fritz Bauer Institute. Since 2000 Zimmermann was a member of the advisory board of the Jewish Museum Westphalia in Dorsten .
From 1986 to 1994 Zimmermann worked as a historian at the Old Synagogue in Essen . Since 2000 he has been a private lecturer in modern and contemporary history at the Ruhr University in Bochum . Zimmermann was also visiting professor at the Central European University Budapest (summer 2003) and at the Institute for Contemporary History at the University of Vienna (2003/2004).
Zimmermann was co-editor of the journals Romani Studies (formerly: Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society ) and WerkstattGeschichte . He died of cancer.
Fonts (selection)
- Mine and colliery colony. Life, work and politics in a workers' settlement from 1880 to 1980 . Klartext, Essen 1987.
- Persecuted, evicted, destroyed. The National Socialist extermination policy against Sinti and Roma . Klartext, Essen 1989.
- Text: Stages of Jewish Life: From Emancipation to the Present. Catalog book for the exhibition "Stations of Jewish Life" in the Old Synagogue in Essen. Dietz, Bonn 1990, ISBN 3-8012-0150-3 .
- with Claudia Konieczek (ed.): Jewish life in Essen, 1800–1933 (= study series of the Old Synagogue. Volume 1). Klartext, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-051-2 .
- Racial utopia and genocide. The National Socialist "Solution to the Gypsy Question" . Hamburg 1996 (Habil. Jena 1995).
- Gypsy images and gypsy politics in Germany: An overview of recent historical studies , in: WerkstattGeschichte. H. 25 (May 2000), pp. 35-58.
- with Yvonne Rieker: history and ugliness. Consideration of the aesthetics of the Ruhr area. With photographs by Joachim Schumacher. Klartext, Essen 2007.
- Ed .: Between Education and Destruction. Gypsy politics and research in Europe in the 20th century (= contributions to the history of the German Research Foundation. Vol. 3). Stuttgart 2007 ( review by Ulrich Opfermann . H-Soz-u-Kult, H-Net Reviews. February 2009).
literature
- Gilad Margalit : Obituary: Michael Zimmermann. In: Romani Studies, Volume 17, Issue 1 (June 2007), p. 125
- Michael Wildt : Michael Zimmermann (1951-2007). An obituary. (PDF; 16 kB) In: WerkstattGeschichte. 15th year, issue 44 (December 2006 [sic!]), P. 7.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wildt: Obituary (pdf)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Zimmermann, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian specializing in the history of persecution of the Roma and Jews during the National Socialist era |
DATE OF BIRTH | 17th November 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 2007 |
Place of death | eat |