Michael Zimmermann (historian)

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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).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Wildt: Obituary (pdf)
personal data
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