Ernst Engelberg (1909-2010): Historian And Anti-Nazi Activist

Authors

Mario Kessler

Keywords

Activist, Political, Historian

Abstract

The life of Ernst Engelberg, historian and anti-Nazi activist, spanned over a century. Born in Imperial Germany, he witnessed World War I, became a political activist during the Weimar Republic, was a refugee during Nazism, and became a leading historian in Communist East Germany, He survived the collapsed of the DDR and he lived for two more decades in the Federal Republic of Germany. Engelberg's itinerary is, therefore, not typical for a professor of history in twentieth-century Germany.

Recommended Citation

Kessler, Mario (2012) "Ernst Engelberg (1909-2010): Historian And Anti-Nazi Activist," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 48: No. 1, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol48/iss1/3