Nathan Stoltzfus
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Nathan Stoltzfus , born 1954, is an associate professor of history
at Florida State University
noted for his work on protest during the Nazi era, particularly the Rosenstrasse Protest
that has sparked debate and discussion about the possibility and impact of protest in Nazi Germany. He was educated at Goshen College
(B.A. 1978) and Harvard University
(PhD
, 1993), and has authored or edited five books.
. In Britain it was a New Statesman
"Book of the Year". Die Zeit
called it the "standard work" on the protest, which was the center of a little Historikerstreit
.
His other works include Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany (Princeton University Press, 2001), co-edited with Robert Gellately
; Shades of Green: Environmental Activism around the Globe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), co-edited with Doug Weiner and Christof Mauch
, Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007), co-authored with five professors of history, political science, and sociology; Nazi Crimes and the Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008), co-edited with Henry Friedlander
.
and its demise on national memories and representations of World War II
in several European countries.
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at Florida State University
Florida State University
The Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
noted for his work on protest during the Nazi era, particularly the Rosenstrasse Protest
Rosenstrasse protest
The Rosenstrasse protest was a nonviolent protest in Rosenstraße in Berlin in February and March 1943, carried out by the non-Jewish wives and relatives of Jewish men who had been arrested for deportation. The protests escalated until the men were released...
that has sparked debate and discussion about the possibility and impact of protest in Nazi Germany. He was educated at Goshen College
Goshen College
Goshen College, is a private Mennonite liberal arts college in Goshen, Indiana, USA with an enrollment of around 1,000 students. The college is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is a member of the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities...
(B.A. 1978) and Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(PhD
PHD
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, 1993), and has authored or edited five books.
Books
One of his book, Resistance of the Heart: Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany was co-recipient of the Fraenkel Prize in Contemporary History (1993). German and French translations carried a foreword by German Foreign Minister Joschka FischerJoschka Fischer
Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer is a German politician of the Alliance '90/The Greens. He served as Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 2005...
. In Britain it was a New Statesman
New Statesman
New Statesman is a British centre-left political and cultural magazine published weekly in London. Founded in 1913, and connected with leading members of the Fabian Society, the magazine reached a circulation peak in the late 1960s....
"Book of the Year". Die Zeit
Die Zeit
Die Zeit is a German nationwide weekly newspaper that is highly respected for its quality journalism.With a circulation of 488,036 and an estimated readership of slightly above 2 million, it is the most widely read German weekly newspaper...
called it the "standard work" on the protest, which was the center of a little Historikerstreit
Historikerstreit
The Historikerstreit was an intellectual and political controversy in late 20th-century West Germany about the historical interpretation of the Holocaust. The German word Streit translates variously as "quarrel", "dispute", or "conflict"...
.
His other works include Social Outsiders in Nazi Germany (Princeton University Press, 2001), co-edited with Robert Gellately
Robert Gellately
Robert Gellately is a Newfoundland-born Canadian academic who is one of the leading historians of modern Europe, particularly during World War II and the Cold War era. He is presently Earl Ray Beck Professor of History at Florida State University....
; Shades of Green: Environmental Activism around the Globe (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), co-edited with Doug Weiner and Christof Mauch
Christof Mauch
Christof Mauch is a German historian, presently director of the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society in Munich, Germany, and since 2007 professor of American Cultural History and Transatlantic Relations at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen. From 1999 to 2007 Christof Mauch was...
, Courageous Resistance: The Power of Ordinary People (Palgrave MacMillan, 2007), co-authored with five professors of history, political science, and sociology; Nazi Crimes and the Law (Cambridge University Press, 2008), co-edited with Henry Friedlander
Henry Friedlander
Henry Friedlander is a Jewish historian of the Holocaust noted for his arguments in favor of broadening the scope of casualties of the Holocaust....
.
Recent works
Nathan Stoltzfus is currently working on the impact of the Cold WarCold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
and its demise on national memories and representations of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in several European countries.