Edith Raim (; 1965 – 1 July 2025) was a German historian who studied the

Nazi era Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

Life and career

Raim was born in

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

in 1965. She grew up in

Landsberg am Lech Landsberg am Lech (Landsberg at the Lech (river), Lech) is a Town#Germany, town in southwest Bavaria, Germany, about 65 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Landsberg (district), Lands ...

and first became interested in the topic after watching ''

Holocaust The Holocaust (), known in Hebrew language, Hebrew as the (), was the genocide of History of the Jews in Europe, European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy ...

'' as a child. Being a student of

Anton Posset Anton Posset (Munich, September 25, 1941 – September 10, 2015 in Halblech) was a German historian, secondary school teacher, and Holocaust researcher. Posset was known beyond the borders of Bavaria above all as a critical local historian and, i ...

she started under his guidance the historical reappraisal of the concentration camp complex Kaufering, a sub-camp of

Dachau concentration camp Dachau (, ; , ; ) was one of the first concentration camps built by Nazi Germany and the longest-running one, opening on 22 March 1933. The camp was initially intended to intern Hitler's political opponents, which consisted of communists, s ...

. Her 1991 dissertation at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich was titled ''Die Dachauer KZ-Außenkommandos Kaufering und Mühldorf: Rüstungsbauten und Zwangsarbeit im letzten Kriegsjahr 1944/45'' and concerned the Dachau subcamps of

Kaufering Kaufering () is a municipality in the district of Landsberg in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Lech. During World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, glob ...

and

Mühldorf Mühldorf am Inn (, ; Central Bavarian: ''Muihdorf am Inn'') is a Town#Germany, town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Mühldorf (district), district Mühldorf on the river Inn (river), Inn. It is located at , and had a population of ab ...

. Raim died on 1 July 2025.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raim, Edith 1965 births 2025 deaths 20th-century German historians Historians of Nazism Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Historians of the Holocaust in Germany German historians of the Holocaust 21st-century German historians