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Claudia Koonz

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1940 · age 86

Claudia Ann Koonz is an American historian of Nazi Germany. Koonz's critique of the role of women during the Nazi era, from a feminist perspective, has become a subject of much debate and research in itself. She is a recipient of the PEN New England Award, and a National Book Award finalist.

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Guggenheim Fellowship2005
PEN New England Award

About this person

Koonz has appeared on the podcasts Holocaust, hosted by University of California Television, and Real Dictators, hosted by Paul McGann. In the months before the 2020 United States presidential election, Koonz wrote about the risks of autocracy in the United States for History News Network and the New School's Public Seminar.

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United States
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Writers
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Writer / Author
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Living
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Born 1940 · age 86