Background
Heinz A. Richter was born on 18 March 1939, in Heilbronn, in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
university professor historian of modern age
Heinz A. Richter was born on 18 March 1939, in Heilbronn, in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
He was professor of Greek and Cypriot modern history at the University of Mannheim from 1991 up to 2003. In his book Griechenland im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939-1941, Richter provided a narrative account of the war in the Balkans from the Greek and Allied side, using published sources only. Richter has commented also on the current state of the affairs of Greece, as well as Cyprus.
In November 2014, the University of Crete awarded Richter with a honoris Doctor of Philosophy for his historical work.
The award provoked protests by Greeks who claimed that the German historian, in his work, has "smeared" the reputation of Cretan resistance and assigned "noble incentives" to the "Nazi invaders." The claims were rejected by the University"s authorities.