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Fritz Stern

American historian (1926-2016) · Germany · Writers · Died at 90

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Fritz Richard Stern was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography. He was a University Professor and a provost at New York's Columbia University.

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2016Died18 May 20162009Marion Dönhoff AwardAward2007Honorary Doctorate from Princeton UniversityAward2006Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2005German National PrizeAward2004Leo-Baeck-MedalAward2002Honorary Doctor of the University of WrocławAward1999Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' AssociationAward1994Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts orderAward1985Honorary doctor of the University of OxfordAward1984Dr. Leopold Lucas PrizeAward1926Born2 February 1926

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Marion Dönhoff Award2009
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University2007
Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2006
German National Prize2005
Leo-Baeck-Medal2004
Honorary Doctor of the University of Wrocław2002
Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association1999
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order1994
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford1985
Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize1984
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Fritz Richard Stern was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography. He was a University Professor and a provost at New York's Columbia University. His work focused on the complex relationships between Germans and Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the rise of National Socialism in Germany during the first half of the 20th century.

Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2016 · aged 90

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