Stefan August Lütgenau

Stefan August Lütgenau (born May 4, 1964 in Wilhelmshaven ) is a German historian .

Life

He studied history and Slavic studies in Marburg and history and political science at the University of Vienna and received a Mag. Phil. at the University of Vienna in 2006. 1988–2005 he was a research assistant at the Bruno Kreisky Archive Foundation. Since 2005 he has been a self-employed historian residing in Austria .

The focus of work is on Austrian and international contemporary and contemporary history, with a focus on Nazi history, Holocaust Era assets and the history of restitution and the history of diplomacy.

Since 1989 Stefan August Lütgenau has been the honorary program coordinator of the Bruno Kreisky Foundation for Services to Human Rights . He is active in the areas of national and international human rights protection, human rights education and lobbying, national and international human rights networks. Since 2002 he has been convener of the Working Group on Palestine, Israel & Palestinians of the Euromediterranean Human Rights Network, EMHRN, field operations in the Middle East, Sahara, Latin America.

Since 2002 he has been in charge of project management and scientific advice within the framework of Austrian development cooperation in cooperation with VIDC and GEZA GmbH, as the successor to the North-South Institute, Vienna.

Publications

• Stefan August Lütgenau / Sarah-Marie Thiel (ed.): "I let my fortunes carry me". Letters and fragments from a Jewish family from Vienna 1939–1941, Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2015.
• Perspectives of financial federalism in Austria. Foster Europe Working Papers, Vol. 2., Studienverlag, Innsbruck, 2014. (Editor)
• The future of the Austrian federal state in Europe - perspectives and positions. Foster Europe Working Papers, Vol. 1., Studienverlag, Innsbruck, 2012. (Editor)
• Esterházy Pál (1901-1989). Az utolsó herceg sorsa a szélsőségek évszázadában . Balassi Kiadó Budapest 2008. (Editor)
• Human Rights and a Middle East Peace Process. Analyzes and Case Studies from a New Perspective . Transaction Publishers, Rutgers, Piscataway, NJ, USA & StudienVerlag Innsbruck 2007. (Editor)
• Paul Esterházy 1901–1989. A life in the age of extremes . Studienverlag Innsbruck 2005. (Editor)
• Between the state and the economy: The Dorotheum under National Socialism. A company history. , Oldenbourg Verlag, Vienna Munich 2005. (co-author)
• Seen with different eyes. International perceptions of Austria 1955–1990. Austrian National History, Vol. 2. , edited by Oliver Rathkolb, Otto M. Maschke and Stefan August Lütgenau, Böhlau Verlag Vienna, Graz, Cologne 2002. (co-editor)
• Forced labor in the Austrian construction industry. Teerag Asdag AG 1938–1945 . Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2001. (co-author)

Web links

• Review in the Wiener Zeitung on Stefan August Lütgenau / Sarah-Marie Thiel (ed.): "I let fortunes carry me". Letters and fragments from a Jewish family from Vienna 1939–1941 , Studienverlag, Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3-7065-5028-4 .
• Review of Between State and Economy in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung