Sander A. Diamond

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Sander A. Diamond (born November 25, 1942 in New York City ; † July 3, 2018 ) was an American historian with a focus on German history, especially during the World War and Holocaust years.

Life

Sander A. Diamond was born in New York's Bronx in 1942 and studied at the State University of New York , did his BA in New Paltz (New York) and his MA in Binghamton (New York) , where he studied in 1971 on the subject of “Germany and the Confederation movement in the United States, 1923-1938 " doctorate . In 1976/77 he was visiting professor at the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva (New York) , and in 1977 at New York State University.

From 1968 Diamond worked at Keuka College in New York State , where he was Professor of History and Head of the Philosophical Department. In 1997 he was voted "Professor of the Year" by his American colleagues.

In his publications, Sander Diamond focused on the time of National Socialism . His debut work "The Nazi Movement in the United States, 1924-1941" (1974) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in History. Diamond also published fictional works from the Nazi era, such as the novel “Starik” (1988, together with Jeff Rovin) and “The German Table: The Education of a Nation” (1998).

Diamond has also worked as a journalist and publishes commentary in newspapers and magazines such as Newsday , The Los Angeles Times, and the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle .

He lived on Keuka Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in central New York, and died on July 3, 2018, shortly after retiring from 50 years as a college professor.

His wife Susan Lee Diamond supported him in his work and Diamond dedicated his work "The Nazi Movement in the United States 1924-1941" to her thanks.

Publications (selection)

  • The Nazi Movement in the United States, 1924-1941. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press, 1974.
  • On the typology of the American-German Nazi movement. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 23: 3 (1975), pp. 271–296. ( PDF )
  • An American in Berlin. From the papers of Ambassador Alanson B. Houghton 1922-1925. In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 27: 3 (1979), pp. 431-470. ( PDF )
  • Albert Speer, "the devil's architect". In: Frankfurter Hefte 39: 8 (1984), pp. 52-61. (with Ernst Günther Riemschneider)
  • Herr Hitler. America's diplomats, Washington, and the fall of Weimar. Düsseldorf: Droste, 1985.
  • Starik New York (NY): Dutton, 1988. (with Jeff Rovin)
  • The Red Arrow. New York (NY): Dutton, 1990. (with Jeff Rovin)
  • The German Table: The Education of a Nation. Sarasota (FL): Disc-Us Books, 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b rdewey: Remembering Dr. Sander Diamond. July 5, 2018, accessed June 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Dr. Sander A. Diamond - Obituary. Finger Lakes Times, June 8, 2018, accessed June 27, 2020 .
  3. ^ Directory Detail for Sander Diamond. ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.keuka.edu archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on keuka.edu .
  4. ↑ s. Catalog entry at WorldCat .
  5. ^ A b c d Sander A. Diamond: The German Table: The Education of a Nation. Sarasota (FL) 1999, p. 229 (short vita).
  6. ^ A b Sander A. Diamond: Herr Hitler. America's diplomats, Washington, and the fall of Weimar. Düsseldorf 1985, p. 2 ("About the Author").
  7. ↑ Dough Lippincott: The Diamond Era. In: Keuka Magazine Spring 2002, p. 4 f.
  8. ↑ Diamond is One of Keuka's Best Friends. In: Keuka Magazine Spring 2002, p. 5.
  9. ^ Sander A. Diamond: The Nazi movement in the United States, 1924-1941 . Cornell University Press, Ithaca, NY 1974, ISBN 0-8014-0788-5 , pp. 5, 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Diamond, Sander A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 3rd July 2018