Past Member

Karl Dietrich Bracher

Affiliation

Historical Studies

From the American Philosophical Society:

Karl Bracher is considered by German historians and analysts alike to be a pathbreaker in scholarly analyses of the Nazi regime … In books such as Turning Points in Modern Times (1995), Dr. Bracher has constructed arguments against dictatorship, illuminated threats to democracy and offered blueprints for coming to terms with the legacies of Nazism, fascism and Communism. As a founder of the "new history" of Germany, he is known for considering historical events through the theories of social science and the values of liberalism and democracy. His book The German Dictatorship (1970), a penetrating and incisive study of Adolf Hitler, is considered to be his crowning achievement…

American Philosophical Society, "Karl Dietrich Bracher" (1978)

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
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Member
School of Historical Studies
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Degrees

Univeristy of Tubingen
D.Phil.
1948

Honors

1993
Dr. h.c. Institute d'Etudes Politique Paris, France
1988
Dr. Rer. Pol. H.c. FreeUniversity of Berlin, Germany
1985
Dr. Jur. H.c. University of Graz, Austria
1973
D Hum Litt h.c. Florida State University, USA

Appointments

Bd. Inst. Of Contemporary Hist. Munich
1980
Chairman
German Ass of Politik Science
1967
Chairman
Comm on Hist of Parliamentarism, Bonn
1962
Chairman
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