Hans Mommsen | |
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 Mommsen in 2013 | |
| Born | 5 November 1930 |
| Died | 5 November 2015 (aged 85) Tutzing, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Known for | Studies in German social history |
Hans Mommsen (5 November 1930[1] – 5 November 2015) was a German historian, known for his studies in German social history, for his functionalist interpretation of the Third Reich, and especially for arguing that Adolf Hitler was a weak dictator. Descended from Nobel Prize-winning historian Theodor Mommsen, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
- ^ Kelly Boyd (1999). Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing. Taylor & Francis. p. 826. ISBN 978-1-884964-33-6.