“This is the only reason why Goldhagen could obtain a PhD in political science at Harvard. There was nobody on the faculty who could have checked his work.”
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Raul Hilberg
Raul Hilberg was a Jewish Austrian-born American political scientist, historian, and Holocaust researcher. He was widely considered to be the preeminent scholar on the Holocaust.
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science · Austrian-born American Holocaust researcher (1926–2007) · historian · political scientist · writer · non-fiction writer · university teacher · scientist · also Raul Hilberg, Hilberg
Born 2 June 1926 · Died 4 August 2007 · Q213553
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2026· 1 entry
2007· 5 entries
The Chronicle of Higher Education: Raul Hilberg, 1926-2007
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Reuters: Raul Hilberg, pioneer scholar of Holocaust, dies
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The Washington Post: Leading Holocaust Scholar Raul Hilberg, 81
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Died 2007-08-04.
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Though a non-smoker, Hilberg died following a recurrence of lung cancer on August 4, 2007, aged 81, in Williston, Vermont.
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2006· 1 entry
The university established the Raul Hilberg Distinguished Professorship of Holocaust Studies
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Geschwister-Scholl-Preis (2002).
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Was awarded the Geschwister-Scholl-Preis for Die Quellen des Holocaust (Sources of the Holocaust)
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2001· 1 entry
Hilberg was not religious and in his autobiographical reflections stated, "The fact is that I have had no God." In a 2001 interview that addressed the issue of Holocaust denial, he said, "I am an atheist.
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded Marion Samuel Prize (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Viareggio-Versilia International Prize (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
“[My supervisor] Franz Neumann realised that I was separating myself from the academic mainstream to tread in territory that had been avoided by the public and academia alike.”
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1993· 1 entry
Hilberg began to attend services at Ohavi Zedek, a Conservative synagogue in Burlington
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1982· 1 entry
Under the imprint of a Berlin publishing house
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1981· 1 entry
By Timothy Mason but the debate goes back to 1969 with the publication of Martin Broszat's The Hitler State in 1969 and Karl Schleunes's The Twisted Road to Auschwitz in 1970
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1968· 1 entry
Awarded Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (1968).
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1961· 1 entry
Under a minor imprint, the Chicago-based publisher, Quadrangle Books
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1955· 2 entries
Which carried with it the right to have his thesis published by his alma mater
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And took up residence there in January 1956
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1954· 1 entry
Hilberg completed his doctoral requirement under the supervision of William T
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1951· 1 entry
Obtained a temporary appointment to work on the War Documentation Project under the direction of Fritz T
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1947· 1 entry
At one particular point in Rosenberg's course, Hilberg was taken aback when his teacher remarked: "The most wicked atrocities perpetrated on a civilian population in modern times occurred during the Napoleonic occupation
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1939· 2 entries
The day the Second World War broke out in Europe
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At age 13, Hilberg fled Austria with his family; after reaching France, they embarked on a ship bound for Cuba
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1926· 1 entry
Born 1926-06-02.
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