Ralf Georg Reuth (born 4 June 1952 in
Oberfranken) is a German journalist and historian.
[Enrico Syring: ''Review: Ralf Georg Reuth, Hitler. Eine politische Biographie''. In: '' Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift'' 62 (2003), p. 596.] Reuth studied with
Andreas Hillgruber and wrote his Ph.D. on the German strategy in the Mediterranean from 1940 to 1942.
He published several books dealing with the Nazi era, among them a biography of
Joseph Goebbels
Paul Joseph Goebbels (; 29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician who was the ''Gauleiter'' (district leader) of Berlin, chief propagandist for the Nazi Party, and then Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 19 ...
in 1992 and of
Hitler in 2003. Reuth also edited a multivolume selection from the diaries of Joseph Goebbels, which drew criticism notably from Bernd Sösemann.
He also wrote biographies of
Erwin Rommel
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel () (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox (, ), he served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as servi ...
,
Angela Merkel and
Helmut Kohl.
Reuth's 2004 book ''Rommel: Das Ende einer Legende'', dedicated to the topic of the
Rommel myth
The Rommel myth, or the Rommel legend, is a phrase used by a number of historians for the common depictions of German field marshal Erwin Rommel as an apolitical, brilliant commander and a victim of Nazi Germany due to his presumed participati ...
, has started the reevaluation of Rommel's role in history. The book was published in English in 2005 as ''Rommel: The End of a Legend''.
Works
* Reuth, Ralf Georg (1993). ''Goebbels''. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company.
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German male non-fiction writers
1952 births
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