__NOTOC__ Volker Ullrich (born 21 June 1943) is a German historian, journalist and author.

Career

Volker Ullrich was born in

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."Expert and historian Dr. Volker Ullrich receives honorary doctorate at the University of Jena"
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, 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2013. He studied history, literature, philosophy and education at the

University of Hamburg The University of Hamburg (german: link=no, Universität Hamburg, also referred to as UHH) is a public research university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 28 March 1919 by combining the previous General Lecture System ('' Allgemeines Vo ...

. From 1966 to 1969 he was assistant to the Egmont Zechlin Professor. He graduated in 1975 after a dissertation on the

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; nds, label=Hamburg German, Low Saxon, Hamborg ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (german: Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg; nds, label=Low Saxon, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),. is the List of cities in Germany by popul ...

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of the early 20th Century, after which he worked as a school teacher in Hamburg. He was, for a time, a lecturer in politics at the

Lüneburg University Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...

, and in 1988 he became a

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at Hamburg's Foundation for 20th-Century Social History. In 1990 Ullrich became the head of the political section of the weekly newspaper ''

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''. Retrieved 22 April 2013. Ullrich has published articles and books on 19th- and 20th-century history. In 1996 he reviewed the

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postulated in Daniel Goldhagen's book ''

Hitler's Willing Executioners ''Hitler's Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust'' is a 1996 book by American writer Daniel Goldhagen, in which he argues that the vast majority of ordinary Germans were "willing executioners" in the Holocaust because of a uniq ...

'' that provoked fresh debate among historians.Schneider, Michael: ''The Goldhagen Debate – an historical dispute in the media''. Discussion group history vol. 17,

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, 1997.
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. In 1992 he was awarded the Alfred Kerr Prize for

literary criticism Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. ...

, and, in 2008, received an

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from the

Publications (selection)

*''The Hamburg labour movement from the eve of the First World War to the Revolution of 1918''. Luedke, University of Hamburg, dissertation 1976 *''The Nervous Superpower: the rise and fall of the

German Empire The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...

from 1871 to 1918''. S. Fischer,

Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...

1997, *''

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader wh ...

. A biography''.

Rowohlt Verlag Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company was created in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt. Divisions * Kinder * ...

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2004, *''Bismarck (Life & Times)''.

Haus Publishing Haus Publishing is a London-based publishing company which was established in 2002. History Haus Publishing was founded in 2002 by Barbara Schwepcke, the former publisher of ''Prospect'' magazine. The publisher has a book shop, BookHaus, on the ...

2008, *''The

Kreisauer Circle The Kreisau Circle (German: ''Kreisauer Kreis'', ) (1940–1944) was a group of about twenty-five German dissidents in Nazi Germany led by Helmuth James von Moltke, who met at his estate in the rural town of Kreisau, Silesia. The circle was co ...

''. Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 2008, *'' Hitler - A Biography, Volume 1: Ascent 1889-1939''. S. Fischer Verlag 2013, (German edition). English translation: London

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2016, *'' Hitler - A Biography, Volume 2: Downfall 1939-45'' London

2020, * ''Eight Days in May: The Final Collapse of the Third Reich'', Liveright, 2021

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