Friedrich Meinecke

For the sculptor, see Friedrich Meinecke (sculptor).
Friedrich Meinecke
Born(1862-10-30)October 30, 1862
Salzwedel, Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia
DiedFebruary 6, 1954(1954-02-06) (aged 91)
West Berlin, West Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationUniversity of Bonn
University of Berlin
Occupation(s)Nationalist historian
Archivist (1887–1901) of the German State Archives
Editor (1896–1935) of the Historische Zeitschrift
Chairman (1928–1935) of the Historische Reichskommission
Known forHistorism[1]
Grave

Friedrich Meinecke (October 20, 1862 – February 6, 1954) was a German historian with national liberal and antisemitic views who supported the Nazi invasion of Poland. As a representative of an older tradition he criticized the Nazi regime after World War II but continued to express antisemitic prejudices.[2][3]

In 1948, he helped to found the Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, and remained an important figure to the end of his life.

  1. ^ Beiser 2014, p. 133.
  2. ^ Germany: The Long Road West: Volume 2: 1933–1990, Heinrich August Winkler: "But when it came to the Jews, Meinecke's thoughts reflected the same old anti-Semitic opinions"
  3. ^ The anti-Enlightenment tradition, Zeev Sternhell Yale University 2010 Press, page 383