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"As one of the leading historians of the post-1956 generation and an internationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, Konrad H. Jarausch's autobiography presents a sustained academic reflection on the post-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaust amongst a generation of historians too young to have been perpetrators. Ranging from his war-time childhood in a chaotic country, to Americanization as a foreign student, and concluding with his mentorship of PhDs as a respected international scholar, he weaves together a self-critical historiography of a twentieth-century Germany that was wrestling with the responsibility for war and genocide. This self-reflexive work explores a wide range of topics including the development of German historiography and methodological debates, the interdisciplinary teaching efforts in German studies, and the development of scholarly organizations and institutions"-- Provided by publisher As one of the leading historians of Modern Europe and an internationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, Konrad H. Jarausch presents a sustained academic reflection on the post-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaust amongst a generation of scholars too young to have been perpetrators. Ranging from his war-time childhood to Americanization as a foreign student, from his development as a professional historian to his directorship of the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung and concluding with his mentorship of dozens of PhDs, The Burden of Germany History reflects on the emergence of a self-critical historiography of a twentieth-century Germany that was wrestling with the responsibility for war and genocide. This partly professional and partly personal autobiography explores a wide range of topics including the development of German historiography and its methodological debates, the interdisciplinary teaching efforts in German studies, and the role of scholarly organizations and institutions.

As one of the leading historians of Modern Europe and aninternationally acclaimed scholar for the past five decades, KonradH. Jarausch presents a sustained academic reflection on thepost-war German effort to cope with the guilt of the Holocaustamongst a generation of scholars too young to have beenperpetrators. Ranging from his war-time childhood toAmericanization as a foreign student, from his development as aprofessional historian to his directorship of the Zentrum fürZeithistorische Forschung and concluding with his mentorship ofdozens of PhDs, The Burden of Germany History reflects onthe emergence of a self-critical historiography of atwentieth-century Germany that was wrestling with theresponsibility for war and genocide. This partly professional andpartly personal autobiography explores a wide range of topicsincluding the development of German historiography and itsmethodological debates, the interdisciplinary teaching efforts inGerman studies, and the role of scholarly organizations andinstitutions.

CONTENTS List of Illustrations Abbreviations Preface Introduction. A Poisoned Past Chapter 1. Child of War Chapter 2. Adventure America Chapter 3. Becoming a Historian Chapter 4. Exploring German Pasts Chapter 5. The Wild East Chapter 6. Southern Part of Heaven Conclusion. German Lessons A Note on Sources Books by Konrad H. Jarausch, 1966–2021 Select Bibliography Index