Konrad Jarausch

Konrad H. Jarausch (born 14 August 1941 in Magdeburg, Germany) is a German-American historian and the Lurcy Professor of European Civilization at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The focus of his work has been German history, with his earlier work being on Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Later works of Jarausch are more concerned with East Germany, German reunification and cultural democratization. He is the son of a German soldier and considered a critic of the Third Reich (see Shattered Past).

He served as a president of the German Studies Association (1985–86) and as the editor of ''Zeithistorische Forschungen/Studies in Contemporary History''. Provided by Wikipedia