Hermann Gerhardt Karl Oncken (16 November 1869 in

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– 28 December 1945 in

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) was a German historian and political writer. He was one of the most notable historians of pre-

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. He lectured at the universities of Chicago (1905), Giessen (1906), Heidelberg (1907–1923), Munich (1923–1928), and Berlin (1928–1935). In 1935 he was forced to retire by the

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regime, which he opposed. He specialized in the 19th century, history of historical thought, history of political thought. Notable students: *

Franz Schnabel Franz Schnabel (18 December 1887, Mannheim – 25 February 1966, Munich) was a German historian. He wrote about German history, particularly the "cultural crisis" of the 19th century in Germany as well as humanism after the end of the Third Reich. ...

(1887–1966), Ph.D. 1910 *

Gerhard Ritter Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter (6 April 1888 – 1 July 1967) was a German historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied under Professor Hermann Oncken. A Lutheran, he first became well ...

(1888–1967), Ph.D. in 1912 *

Ernst Simon Ernst Akiva Simon (; March 15, 1900 – August 18, 1988) was a German-Jewish educator and religious philosopher who was born in Berlin and died in Jerusalem. Teaching career and political activism In the 1920s, Ernst Simon co-founded Brit Shalo ...

(1899–1988), Ph.D. in 1923 * George W. F. Hallgarten (1901–1975), Ph.D. 1925 *

Walter Frank Walter Frank, also known by the pseudonym Werner Fiedler (12 February 1905 in Fürth – 9 May 1945 in Gross Brunsrode near Braunschweig), was a National Socialist historian, notable for his leading role in research of the Jewish question. Judson ...

(1905–1945), Ph.D. 1927 * Michael Freund (1902–1972), Ph.D. 1928 * Paul Kluke (1908–1990), Ph.D. 1931 * Margret Boveri (1900–1975), Ph.D. 1932 *

Felix Hirsch Felix Eduard Hirsch (Berlin, 7 February 1902 – 12 December 1982 Newtown, Pennsylvania) was a journalist for the '' Berliner Tageblatt'' and latterly, historian, librarian and professor at Bard College in New York. As a journalist in Berlin, Hi ...

(1902–1982), Ph.D 1924

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* '' Lasalle. Zwischen

Marx Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...

und Bismarck (Lassalle. Between Marx and Bismarck)'', 1904 * ''

Rudolf von Bennigsen Karl Wilhelm Rudolf von Bennigsen (10 July 1824, Lüneburg – 7 August 1902, Bennigsen near Springe) was a German politician descended from an old Hanoverian family. Biography Bennigsen was born at Lüneburg on 10 July 1824. He was desce ...

. Ein deutscher liberaler Politiker (Rudolf von Bennigsen. A German liberal politician)'', 1910 * ''Historisch-politische Aufsätze (Historical-political Essays)'', 1914 * ''Das alte und das neue Mitteleuropa'', 1917 * ''Die Utopia des Thomas Morus und das Machtproblem in der Staatslehre'', 1922 * ''Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III von 1863 bis 1870 (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III from 1863 until 1870)'', 3 vol., 1926 * ''

Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was President of France from 1848 to 1852 and then Emperor of the French from 1852 until his deposition in 1870. He was the first president, second emperor, and last ...

. und der Rhein. Der Ursprung des Krieges von 1870/71 (Napoleon III. and the Rhine. The Origin of the War of 1870/71)'', 1926 (= separately published Introduction of ''Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III)'') * ''Über das Motiv der "Sicherheit" in der europäischen Geschichte'', 1926 * ''Großherzog Friedrich I. von Baden und die deutsche Politik von 1854–1871 (Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden and the German policy of 1854–1871'', 1927 * ''Das Deutsche Reich und die Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges (The German Reich and the Origin of the Great War)'', 2 vol., 1927 * ''

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. Vier Essays über die Führung einer Nation'', 1935 * ''Nation und Geschichte. Reden und Aufsätze 1919–1935 (Nation and History. Speeches and Essays 1919–1935)'', 1935

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