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Kimmich, Christoph Martin was born on January 16, 1939 in Dresden. Son of Emil and Dora (Dreher) Kimmich.
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Christoph Kimmich’s German Foreign Policy, 1918–1945: A Guide to Current Research and Resources is a comprehensive guide to archival resources and published materials on the foreign policy of Weimar and Nazi Germany. It catalogues the archives, libraries, and research institutes, both public and private, that house important collections, especially in Germany but also elsewhere in Europe and in the United States, and describes their holdings, terms of access and use, and guides and inventories available. German Foreign Policy, 1918–1945 also includes a substantial annotated bibliography of published sources, ranging from documentary series to significant contemporary accounts, from memoirs to secondary works. The bibliography reflects current scholarship and draws attention to works that are innovative and accessible, It also describes the various series of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Records and the original trial documents available in archives and libraries. The guide canvasses the vast and growing offering of materials on the Web– digitized print materials, archival inventories, and source materials. In order to expedite work in the archives, the guide also explains the organization and functioning of the German foreign ministry between 1918 and 1945 and how it kept and stored its records. This third edition offers new information on German archives, many of which were consolidated and relocated after German reunification, on recently discovered archival holdings, and on materialsposted on the Web. It is a reference source for both established scholars and young researchers, offering quick and efficient access to the voluminous research and research materials that are now available.
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Kimmich, Christoph Martin was born on January 16, 1939 in Dresden. Son of Emil and Dora (Dreher) Kimmich.
He was educated at Haverford College (Bachelor 1961) and Oxford University (Doctor of Philosophy 1964) and elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
He was the eighth President of Brooklyn College from 2000 to 2009. He was trained as a historian of modern Europe. He immigrated to the United States and became an United States.citizen in 1957.
In 1973 he came to Brooklyn College after eight years of teaching at Columbia University.
From 1980 to 1984, he served as Chairman of the Department of History, before being appointed Associate Provost. He became Acting Provost in 1988 and Provost the following year.
Kimmich served as Interim Chancellor of the City University of New York from November 1997 to September 1999. In February 2000, he was appointed President of Brooklyn College.
Under his leadership, the quality of admitted students increased and more than 300 new faculty members were hired.
Kimmich served as president for nine years before retiring in August 2009. Kimmich has written several books on German foreign policy in the period between World War I and World World War II, as well as articles on this subject and on other subjects in German history. He has lectured in the United States and here countries.
Kimmich has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, an International Affairs Fellowship, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
He spent the academic year 1974-1975 at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York and the academic year 1983-1984 as a Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
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Trustee St. Antony's College Trust, New York City, 1978-2000. Board directors Northeastern Science Foundation, Troy, 1987-1998, College Community Services, Inc., Brooklyn, 1988-1995, chairman, 2000-2009. Board trustees Cranbury Public Library., 1997-2000.
Board directors Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, 2003-2007. Member advisory board Princeton Review Admissions Policy Division, 2004-2009. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Flora Graham Horne, July 10, 1965.