Arnold Paul Krammer (15 August 194124 September 2018) was an American historian who specialized in German and

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and a

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in the College of Liberal Arts at

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. He was twice a

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: between 1992–1993, he studied at the

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and, between 2002–2003, he studied at the

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. He was born in

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to David and Eva (Vas) Krammer. He studied at the

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where he earned his BS, MS, and, in 1970, PhD degrees. He came to Texas A&M in 1974 and retired in 2015, having taught American and German history to thousands of Aggies. His specialties included the First and Second World Wars, 20th Century Germany, and the

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. He led numerous study abroad groups of Aggies to Germany, Italy, Normandy, and Poland. He was twice honored with the Texas A&M University Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching.

Principal works

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Awards

* 1975: ''National Jewish Book Award'' in the Israel category for ''The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc, 1947-1953''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Krammer, Arnold 1941 births 2018 deaths 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers Historians from Illinois Historians of Europe Historians of Germany Historians of the United States Rockford University faculty Texas A&M University faculty University of Vienna alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Engineering alumni Writers from Chicago