Miriam Gebhardt

Miriam Gebhardt
Portrait photo of Miriam Gebhardt
Born (1962-01-28)28 January 1962
Freiburg
Residence Germany
Nationality German
Fields Contemporary German history
Doctoral advisor Clemens Wischermann
Website
www.miriamgebhardt.de

Miriam Gebhardt (born 28 January 1962 in Freiburg, Germany) is a German historian and writer.

Life

Gebhardt trained as a journalist and from 1982 worked as an editor.[1] From 1988 to 1993 she studied Social and Economic history, Regional History and Modern German Literature at Munich University. In 1988 she obtained a doctorate in Modern History under Clemens Wischermann at the University of Münster with a thesis on family memories.[1]

From 2003 Gebhardt held an academic post at Collaborative Research Centre 485 (Norm and Symbol) at the University of Konstanz, where she obtained her habilitation in Modern and Contemporary History in July 2008. She currently lectures at the University of Konstanz as an adjunct professor and writes non-fiction books.[1]

Gebhardt also works as a journalist and publicist and has written for Die Zeit.[2]

In a book published in 2015, Als die Sodaten kamen (When the Soldiers Came), she drew attention to rapes committed by allied soldiers, including the western allies, in the aftermath of World War II. It drew media attention in Germany[3][4][5] and abroad.[6][7]

Publications

As editor

Das integrative Potential von Elitenkulturen: Festschrift für Clemens Wischermann[The Integrative Potential of Elite Cultures: Festschrift for Clemens Wischermann]. Steiner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-515-10070-0.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 "Prof. Apl. Miriam Gebhardt" (in German). Faculty of History and Sociology of the University of Konstanz. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
  2. "Articles by Miriam Gebhardt" (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  3. Rohrer, Julian (28 February 2015). "Trauma Massenvergewaltigung: Wie alliierte Soldaten deutsche Frauen missbrauchten" [The Trauma of Mass Rape: The Rape of German Women by Allied Soldiers]. Focus Online (in German). Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  4. "Als die Soldaten kamen" [When the Soldiers Came]. Das Erste (in German). ARD. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  5. Heinemann, Christoph (27 February 2015). "Keine Selbstverständlichkeit, deutsche Opfer zu benennen" [Naming German Victims is not a Matter of Course: Interview of Miriam Gebhardt by Christoph Heinemann] (in German). Deutschlandfunk. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  6. Charter, David (7 March 2015). "Allied troops 'raped 860,000 Germans'". The Times. Retrieved 21 September 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  7. Walters, Guy (26 March 2015). "Did Allied troops rape 285,000 German women? That's the shocking claim in a new book. But is the German feminist behind it exposing a war crime - or slandering heroes?". Mail Online. Daily Mail. Retrieved 21 September 2015.

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