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Stern, Fritz Richard was born on February 2, 1926 in Breslau, Germany. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1947. Son of Rudolf A. and Catherine (Brieger) Stern.
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An enlightening and solidly documented book of great value to those who would like to trace the ideolgoical roots behind the most erratic and dramatic politics phases of modern Germany.--American Political Science Review If only because it presents the intellectual and emotional background to National Socialism with rare clarity and penetrating analysis of its several and often sharply contrasting components, the ably written and profoundly interesting book...would be of importance....With its useful footnotes, selective bibliography and good index Professor Stern's study is American scholarship at its best.-International Affairs
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Fritz Stern argues that the best way to describe the character of Imperial Germany after 1878 is "illiberal", which describes the German commitment in mind and policy against any further concession to democracy. Stern argues that from Bismarck to the end of World War II, German society embraced the impulse toward totalitarianism that this illiberal stance fostered. He also examines the efforts of German scholars to explain the phenomenon of Nazism, the attempt of the German people to come to terms with their past, and the failure of illiberalism in the 1950s.
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The "German question" haunts the modern world: How could so civilized a nation be responsible for the greatest horror in Western history? In this unusual fusion of personal memoir and history, the celebrated scholar Fritz Stern refracts the question through the prism of his own life. Born in the Weimar Republic, exposed to five years of National Socialism before being forced into exile in 1938 in America, he became a world-renowned historian whose work opened new perspectives on the German past. Stern brings to life the five Germanys he has experienced: Weimar, the Third Reich, postwar West and East Germanys, and the unified country after 1990. Through his engagement with the nation from which he and his family fled, he shows that the tumultuous history of Germany, alternately the strength and the scourge of Europe, offers political lessons for citizens everywhere--especially those facing or escaping from tyranny. In this wise, tough-minded, and subtle book, Stern, himself a passionately engaged citizen, looks beyond Germany to issues of political responsibility that concern everyone. Five Germanys I Have Known vindicates his belief that, at its best, history is our most dramatic introduction to a moral civic life.
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As one of the richest sources of diversion for the people of Britain between the end of the First World War and the 1960s, the variety theater emerged from the embers of music hall, a vulgar and rambunctious entertainment that had held the working classes in thrall since the 1840s. Music hall bosses decided they would do better business if a man going to theaters on his own could take his wife and children with him, knowing they would see or hear nothing that would scandalize them. So variety, a gentler, less red-blooded entertainment was gradually established. At the top of the profession were Gracie Fields, a peerless singer and comedienne, and Max Miller, a comic who was renowned for being risque', but who, in fact, never cracked a dirty joke. They were supported by acts that matched the word 'variety': ventriloquists, drag artists, animal acts, acrobats, jugglers, magicians and many more. But the variety theater was constantly under threat, first from revue, then radio, the cinema, girlie shows, the birth of rock 'n' roll and finally television. By the end of the 1950s, the variety business seemed to have given up, but the recent and extraordinary popularity of talent shows on television has proved the public appetite is still there. Variety could be about to start all over again.
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Stern, Fritz Richard was born on February 2, 1926 in Breslau, Germany. Came to United States, 1938, naturalized, 1947. Son of Rudolf A. and Catherine (Brieger) Stern.
Bachelor, Columbia University, 1946. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1953.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Oxford University, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New School for Social Research, 1997. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1998.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Wroclaw, 2002. Doctor of Humane Letters, Princeton University, 2007. Doctor of Philosophy European University Viadrina (honorary), Frankfurt, 2006.
Lecturer, instructor Columbia University, 1946-1951, faculty, since 1953, professor history, since 1963, Seth Low professor history, 1967-1992, university professor, 1992-1996, provost, 1980-1983. Acting assistant professor Cornell University, 1951-1953. University professor emeritus Columbia University, since 1997.
Teacher Free University Berlin, 1954, Yale University, 1963. Permanent visiting professor University Konstanz, West Germany, since 1966. Senior adviser United States Embassy, Bonn, 1993-1994.
Élie Halévy professor University Paris, spring 1979. Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, 1979-1980. Tanner lecturer Yale, 1993.
( The "German question" haunts the modern world: How coul...)
(As one of the richest sources of diversion for the people...)
(Fritz Stern argues that the best way to describe the char...)
(An enlightening and solidly documented book of great valu...)
(This highly praised collection of essays by eminent histo...)
(Note: This study guide is for the May 1, 2015 to February...)
(Note: This study guide is for the May 1, 2015 to February...)
(Note: This study guide is for the May 1, 2015 to February...)
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Author: The Politics of Cultural Despair, 1961, The Failure of Illiberalism-Essays in the Political Culture of Modern Germany, 1972, review edition, 1992, Gold and Iron: Bismarck, Bleichroeder and the Building of the German Empire, 1977 (recipient Lionel Trilling award Columbia University), Dreams and Delusions: The Drama of German History, 1987, review edition 1999, Einstein's German World, 1999, Five Germanys I Have Known, 2006. Editor: The Varieties of History, 1956, 71, (with L. Krieger) The Responsibility of Power, 1967. Member editorial board Foreign Affairs, 1978-1992.Reviewer Foreign Affairs, 1963-1995. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Trustee German Marshall Fund, 1981-1999, Aspen Institute of Berlin, since 1983. Senator Deutsche Nationalstiftung, since 1994. Member Trilateral Commission, 1983-1990.
Member American History Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Philosophical Society, Council Foreign Relations, Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (correspondent), Berlin Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (correspondent), Orden Pour le Mérite, Germany, Phi Beta Kappa (senator-at-large 1973-1978). Clubs: Century (New York City).
Married Margaret J. Bassett, October 11, 1947 (divorced 1992). Children: Frederick P., Katherine Stern Brennan. Married Elisabeth Niebuhr Sifton, January 1, 1996.