Michael Phayer

Michael Phayer
Born1935 (age 88–89)
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Munich
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineModern European history
InstitutionsMarquette University
Main interestsHolocaust
Notable worksThe Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 (2000)

Michael Phayer (born 1935) is an American historian and professor emeritus at Marquette University in Milwaukee and has written on 19th- and 20th-century European history and the Holocaust.

Phayer received his PhD from the University of Munich in 1968 and joined Marquette's Department of History in 1970.[1][2] He became Professor in 1990 and retired in 2002.[3] He was an Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Scholar of Holocaust Studies at Stockton University.[4] He has published numerous research articles and books relating to Nazi Germany, the Holocaust and the Catholic Church, including his most recent, Pius XII, the Holocaust, and the Cold War (2007). His previous work was The Catholic Church and the Holocaust, 1930–1965 (published in 2000).

  1. ^ German Studies Association (1989). "Candidate Vitae". Newsletter. 14–16. German Studies Review: 24.
  2. ^ Kazensky, Michelle (2007). The Writers Directory 2008, Volume 2. Thomson Gale. p. 1565. ISBN 9781558626003. PHAYER, Michael. American (born United States), b. 1935. Genres: History. Career: Marquette University, Milwaukee, professor of History, 1970-, currently professor emeritus.
  3. ^ Cohen, Leon (30 April 2008). "Scholar: Fear of communism led Vatican to help Nazi criminals". The Jewish Chronicle.
  4. ^ "Ida E. King Distinguished Visiting Professors of Holocaust Studies". stockton.edu. Stockton University.