The Second Generation: Émigrés from Nazi Germany as Historians<br>With a Biobibliographic Guide

"Of the thousands of children and young adults who fled Nazi Germany in the years before the Second World War, a remarkable number went on to become trained historians in their adopted homelands. By placing autobiographical testimonies alongside historical analysis and professional reflections, this richly varied collection comprises the first sustained effort to illuminate the role these men and women played in modern historiography. Focusing particularly on those who settled in North America, Great Britain, and Israel, it culminates in a comprehensive, meticulously researched biobibliographical guide that provides a systematic overview of the lives and works of this 'second generation'"--From publisher's website. Preface / by Hartmut Lehmann and James J. Sheehan Introduction: Refugees from Nazi Germany as historians : origins and migrations, interests and identities / Andreas W. Daum Part I. Testimonies "It needs hardly emphasis how deeply my own generation, the second, is indebted to the first" / Klemens von Klemperer "A wanderer between several worlds" / Walter Laqueur External events, inner drives / Peter Paret Not exile, but a new life / Fritz Stern History and social action beyond national and continental borders / Georg G. Iggers Some issues and experiences in German-American scholarly relations / Gerhard L. Weinberg Some reflections on the second generation / Hanna Holborn Gray A life between homelands / Peter Loewenberg Out of Germany / Renate Bridenthal Part II. Approaching the second generation The second generation : émigré historians of modern Germany in post-war America / Catherine Epstein Thinking about the second generation conceptually / Volker R. Berghahn Part III. Emigrés and the writing of history The tensions of historical Wissenschaft : the émigré historians and the making of German cultural history / Steven E. Aschheim From the margins to the mainstream : refugees and the successors on the Jewish questions, antisemitism, and the Holocaust in German history / Jeffrey Herf Reluctant return : Peter Gay and the cosmopolitan work of a historian / Helmut Walser Smith Out of the limelight or in : Raul Hilberg, Gerhard Weinberg, Henry Friedlander, and the historical study of the Holocaust / Doris L. Bergen Blazing new paths in historiography : "refugee effect" and American experience in the professional trajectory of Gerda Lerner / Marjorie Lamberti Part IV. Comparative and transnational perspectives German emigre historians in Israel / Shulamit Volkov German and Austrian émigré historians in Britain after 1933 / Peter Alter The second-generation émigrés' impact on German historiography / Philipp Stelzel Encounters with émigré historians of the first and second generation / Gerhard A. Ritter Influences : a personal comment / Jürgen Kocka Part V. Bio-bibliographical guide Emigrés in the historical disciplines : research perspectives / Andreas W. Daum Biographies / Andreas W. Daum and Sherry L. Fuhr ; with the assistance of Perry E. Beardsley, April Kiser, Axel Steensen, and Friederike Steensen. Contents Tables Preface Introduction. Refugees From Nazi Germany as Historians: Origins and Migrations, Interests and Identities Part I Testimonies Chapter 1 It Hardly Needs Emphasis That My Own Generation, the Second, is Deeply Indebted to the First Chapter 2 “A Wanderer Betwtween Several Worlds” Chapter 3 External Eventsts, Inner Drives Chapter 4 Not Exile, but a New Life Chapter 5 History and Social Action Beyond National and Continental Borders Chapter 6 Some Issues and Experiences in German-American Scholarly Relations Chapter 7 Some Reflections on the Second Generation Chapter 8 A Life Betwtween Homelands Chapter 9 Out of Germany Part II. Approaching the Second Generation Chapter 10 The Second Generation: Émigré Historians of Modern Germany in Postwar America Chapter 11 Thinking about the Second Generation Conceptually Part III. Émigrés and the Writing of History Chapter 12 The Tensions of Historical Wissenschaft: The Émigré Historians and the Making of German Cultural History Chapter 13 From the Margins to the Mainstream: Refugees and the Successors on the Jewish Question, Antisemitism, and the Holocaust in German History Chapter 14 Reluctant Return: Peter Gay and the Cosmopolitan Work of a Historian Chapter 15 Out of the Limelight or In: Raul Hilberg, Gerhard Weinberg, Henry Friedlander, and the Historical Study of the Holocaust Chapter 16 Blazing New Paths in Historiography “Refugee Effect” and American Experience in the Professional Trajectory of Gerda Lerner Part IV Comparative and Transnational Perspectives Chapter 17 German Émigré Historians in Israel Chapter 18 German and Austrian Émigré Historians in Britain After 1933 Chapter 19 The Second-Generation Émigrés’ Impact on German Historiography Chapter 20 Encounters with Émigré Historians of the First and Second Generation Chapter 21 Influences: A Personal Comment Part V Biobibliographic Guide Chapter 22 Émigrés in the Historical Disciplines: Research Perspectives Chapter 23 Biographies Chapter 24 Selected Bibliography Index