Born 1958 in Nuremberg; studied German, Classical Philology and History; 1989 PhD in Eastern European History and Contemporary History at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg; 2013: Habilitation in Modern History at the University of Hamburg with a thesis on Jewish labor deployment in Lithuania 1941-1944; August 2013: appointed Privatdozent. Awarded venia legendi for Modern History at the University of Hamburg; May 2017: awarded the academic title of Professor by the President of the University of Hamburg; 1989-1990 wiss. Assistant at the Chair of Eastern European History and Contemporary History at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg; 1990-2001 Research Assistant at the Institute Nordostdeutsches Kulturwerk e. V.; 1993-2001 Head of the Nordostdeutsches Archiv; March to Dec. 2001 Deputy Director; 1.1.2002-6.5.2010 Research Assistant at the Nordost-Institut (IKGN e. V.); since 7.5.2010 Director of the Nordost-Institut (IKGN e. V.).
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Call for Contributions: 1945: End of the War, Liberation, Occupation

Historical experiences and interpretations 80 years on
Extended until April 29! In Europe, the year 1945 marks the end of the Second World War through the military collapse of the German Reich and its unconditional surrender to the three victorious Allied powers.
Anne Kluger | Joachim Tauber | Gregor Thum
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Call for Contributions: Eastern Europe (post)Colonial

Experiences, Ideas, Research Perspectives
Where can Eastern Europe be placed in the current debates about (post)colonial traditions? What colonial attributes and practices of domination 'from outside', and what colonizing conditions within the greater region of 'Eastern Europe', can be identified? Are there interrelations with Ottoman or...
Clara M. Frysztacka | Hans-Christian Petersen | Joachim Tauber
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Summer 1941: Jews from the Baltic States flee for their lives

The long shadow of the past. Only a few Jews from Lithuania and Latvia managed to escape the Holocaust in the Baltics. Here are some of their accounts and the reasons for their difficult escape.
Joachim Tauber