Background
Zwahr, Hartmut Christian Johannes was born on August 28, 1936 in Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Johannes Richard and Elsbeth (Richter) Zwahr.
Zwahr, Hartmut Christian Johannes was born on August 28, 1936 in Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. Son of Johannes Richard and Elsbeth (Richter) Zwahr.
Diploma in history, philology and education, Leipzig University, Germany, 1960. Doctor of Philisophy, Leipzig University, Germany, 1963. Habilitation, Leipzig University, Germany, 1974.
Postgraduate, Sommer High School, Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1961. Postgraduate, University Leningrad, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1976.
Assistant, then chief assistant University Leipzig, 1964-1974, lecturer history, 1974-1978, professor, since 1978, chairman board history seminar, chair social and economic history, 1991—2001.
Fellow Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin. Member Saxony Academy of Sciences (history commission since 1984), Circle for Modern Social History.
Married Annette Tschintscharadse, August 30, 1967. 1 child, Alexander.