Jürgen Förster (born 1940) is a German historian who specialises in the history of

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

and

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. He is a professor of history at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

, the position he has held since 2005. Förster is a contributor to the seminal work '' Germany and the Second World War'' from the Military History Research Office (MGFA).

Education and career

After military service in the Bundeswehr, he studied history and English Studies at the University of Cologne and the University of Nottingham. He earned his PhD in history in 1974 under Andreas Hillgruber at Cologne. From 1970 to 2000, Förster worked as a researcher at the Military History Research Office (MGFA). In his academic career, Förster had teaching assignments at the

and University of Berlin and had several guest professorships, including at the Arizona State University, the

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the University of Glasgow, the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

and Flinders University. Since 2005, Förster has been a lecturer for military history at the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History at the

Historian of Nazi Germany

Wegner is a widely published author and editor on the subjects of military history of

and the history of National Socialism. He is a member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the journal '' War in History''. Förster is also one of the authors of the seminal work '' Germany and the Second World War'' from the Military History Research Office (MGFA) contributing to several volumes of the series.Publications by Förster

Works

In English

*'' Germany and the Second World War'': **Vol. IV: ''The Attack on the Soviet Union'', with Horst Boog, Joachim Hoffmann, Ernst Klink, Rolf-Dieter Müller and Gerd R. Ueberschär **Vol. IX/I: ''German Wartime Society 1939–1945: Politicization, Disintegration, and the Struggle for Survival'', with , Jörg Echternkamp, Karola Fings, , , , and Christoph Rass * *

In German

* ''Stalingrad: Risse im Bündnis 1942/43''. Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1975, . * ''Der Angriff auf die Sowjetunion''. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1991, . With Horst Boog, Joachim Hoffmann, Ernst Klink, Rolf-Dieter Müller, Gerd R. Ueberschär. * ''Stalingrad: Ereignis - Wirkung - Symbol''. Im Auftrag des Militärgeschichtlichen Forschungsamtes, Piper, München u.a. 1992, . As editor. * ''Ausbildungsziel Judenmord? "Weltanschauliche Erziehung" von SS, Polizei und Waffen-SS im Rahmen der "Endlösung"''. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2003, . With Jürgen Matthäus, Richard Breitman, Konrad Kwiet. * ''Die Wehrmacht im NS-Staat. Eine strukturgeschichtliche Analyse''. Oldenbourg, München 2007, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Jurgen 1940 births Living people German military historians German historians of World War II German male non-fiction writers