Gerhard Hirschfeld

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Gerhard Hirschfeld
Gerhard Hirschfeld
Born	(1946-09-19)September 19, 1946 Plettenberg, Germany
Alma mater	Ruhr University Bochum University of Cologne (M.A.) Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Modern History History of Germany World War I World War II Social History
Institutions	University College Dublin German Historical Institute London Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte University of Stuttgart
Thesis	Fremdherrschaft und Kollaboration. Die Niederlande unter deutscher Besatzung  (1981)
Doctoral advisor	Wolfgang Mommsen
Website	University of Stuttgart Faculty of History page

Gerhard Hirschfeld (born 19 September 1946 in Plettenberg, Germany) is a German historian and author. From 1989 to 2011, he was director of the Stuttgart-based Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte / Library of Contemporary History, and has been a professor at the Institute of History of the University of Stuttgart since 1997. In 2016 he also became a visiting professor at the Institute for International Studies, University of Wuhan/China.