Werner Philipp

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Werner Philipp (born March 13, 1908 in Kosel near Breslau ; † June 13, 1996 in Berlin ) was a German historian . For many years he held the chair for Eastern European History at the Free University of Berlin.

Life and activity

Werner Philipp was the son of the elementary school teacher Fritz Philipp and his wife Martha, née Jungfer. After attending school, he studied history in Breslau, Freiburg and Berlin. In 1934 he received his doctorate from Richard Salomon on Ivan Pereswetow . In 1935 he succeeded Leo Loewenson, who had been removed from his post for racist reasons by the National Socialists, as Otto Hoetzsch's assistant at the Institute for Eastern European History and Regional Studies at Berlin University. Despite his negative attitude towards National Socialism, he retained this position under Hoetzsch's successor, Überberger. In 1940 he completed his habilitation here. There followed a few years as an associate professor in Königsberg, before he was drafted into military service in August 1942.

After the war, Philipp first conducted research in Mainz , where he was appointed to the newly created Extraordinariat for Eastern European History in May 1946. In 1951 he became full professor for Eastern European History at the Eastern European Institute of the Free University of Berlin. Since the summer of 1952 he offered regular courses. He retained his positions as professor and institute director until his retirement in 1972. As part of this activity, he set up a new seminar and launched a new specialized journal with research on Eastern European history .

Fonts (selection)

  • Ivan Peresvetov and his writings on the renewal of the Moscow Empire (= Eastern European Research. NF 20, ZDB -ID 528064-3 ). Ost-Europa-Verlag, Königsberg et al. 1935.
  • Approaches to historical and political thinking in Kiev Russia . Priebatsch, Breslau 1940.
  • Requirements for talking about Russia and Western Europe. In: The change . 3, 1948, pp. 441-462.
  • with Peter Bruhn : Complete directory of Russian and Soviet periodicals and series works. (various volumes).
  • Selected Writings. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1983, ISBN 3-447-02278-7 .

Festschriften

  • Klaus Meyer (Ed.): Werner Philipp on the 65th birthday of his students. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1973, ISBN 3-447-01485-7 .
  • Mathias Bernath (Ed.): Werner Philipp on his 70th birthday. Eastern Europe Institute, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-447-01904-2 .

literature

  • Hans-Christian Petersen: “The risk of renazification is particularly great in our industry”. Werner Philipp and the German East European Research after 1945. In: Hans-Christian Petersen, Jan Kusber (Ed.): New beginning in the west. 60 years of Eastern European research in Mainz (= contributions to the history of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. NF 5). Steiner, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-515-09080-3 , pp. 31-52.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Albrecht: Brief history of the work area. Extended version by Stefan Albrecht: Historisches Seminar Mainz. Department of Eastern European History. In: PHIOS (2003) 1, pp. 9-10. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , accessed on September 26, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Philipp, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Kosel near Breslau
DATE OF DEATH June 13, 1996
Place of death Berlin