Education
Heer received a Doctor of Philosophy at the University in Vienna in 1938.
Heer received a Doctor of Philosophy at the University in Vienna in 1938.
Friedrich Heer was arrested for the first time on 11 March 1938 by the Austrian Nazis. From 1946 to 1961 Friedrich Heer was the editor of the weekly magazine Die Furche and in 1961 he was appointed chief literacy to the Vienna Burgtheater. He taught at the University of Vienna.
The majority of his books have been translated into several languages.
Friedrich Heer died in Vienna. 1949: City of Vienna Prize for Humanities.
Even as a student he came into conflict with pan-German thinking historians as a staunch opponent of National Socialism.