Christoph Dieckmann (born 1960
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Life
Dieckmann studied history, sociology and economics at
University of Göttingen
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,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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, and the
University of Hamburg
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.
He received his doctorate in 2003 at
University of Freiburg
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under the supervision of
Ulrich Herbert, his dissertation focused on the German WWII policy in Lithuania, and his subsequent research and work has focused on the same topic.
[Christoph Dieckmann: Deutsche Besatzungspolitik in Litauen 1941-1944](_blank)
Lars Jockheck, Sehepunkte, 2013
Dieckmann taught modern history at
Keele University
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from 2005 to 2014. He subsequently worked on the ''Yiddish Historiography on the Russian Civil War'' at the
Fritz Bauer Institut. Since 2017, he has been with the
University of Bern
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.
In 2012, he was awarded the
Yad Vashem International Book Prize for Holocaust Research for his two volume work ''Deutsche Besatzungspolitik in Litauen 1941-1944'' ("German Occupation Policy in Lithuania 1941-1944.").
British professor awarded Yad Vashem book prize
Times of Israel (JTA), 12 December 2012
Books
* ''Deutsche Besatzungspolitik in Litauen 1941–1944'', 2 Bände, Wallstein, Göttingen 2011, (Dissertation Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 2003, 2 Bände)
* ''Im Ghetto 1939–1945. Neue Forschungen zu Alltag und Umfeld'', hrsg. zus. mit Babette Quinkert, Wallstein, Göttingen 2009, .
* ''Kooperation und Verbrechen. Formen der »Kollaboration« im östlichen Europa 1939–1945'', hrsg. zus. mit Babette Quinkert und Tatjana Tönsmeyer, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2003
* ''Die nationalsozialistischen Konzentrationslager. Entwicklung und Struktur'', hrsg. zus. mit Karin Orth und Ulrich Herbert, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 1998
References
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1960 births
German historians of the Holocaust
Historians of Europe
University of Göttingen alumni
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
University of Hamburg alumni
University of Freiburg alumni
Academics of Keele University
Academic staff of the University of Bern
Living people