Michael Fahlbusch lives in Switzerland. He studied Geography in Münster and Zürich. He has written on the history of science, ethnic cleansing and ethno-politics in 20th–century Europe.

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005“Ingo Haar and Michael Fahlbusch have done a great service to the study of the internal co-optation of scholars into the Nazi ideology and praxis by putting together unflinching essays of the involvement of historians and members of other professions and academic fields in the structure of the Third Reich…The book is well edited and presents a wide range of important material …the place of Haar and Fahlbusch in the ranks of capable and exacting chroniclers of this period is assured.”  ·  German Studies Review"All in all, this collection, made pleasantly user-friendly through the index and bibliography, offers an important first step towards the internationalization of the German debate. One can only hope that this initiative will be followed through by other researchers."  ·  Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft

• ForewordGeorg G. Iggers†PrefaceIngo Haar and Michael FahlbuschList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. German Ostforschung and Anti-SemitismIngo HaarChapter 2. The Role and Impact of German Ethnopolitical Experts in the SS Reich Security Main OfficeMichael FahlbuschChapter 3. The Nazi Ethnographic Research of Georg Leibbrandt and Karl Stumpp in Ukraine, and Its North American LegacyEric J. Schmaltz and Samuel D. SinnerChapter 4. Volk, Bevölkerung, Rasse, and Raum: Erich Keyser’s Ambiguous Concept of a German History of Population, ca. 1918–1955Alexander PinwinklerChapter 5. Ethnic Politics and Scholarly Legitimation: The German Institut für Heimatforschung in Slovakia, 1941–1944Christof MorrisseyChapter 6. The Sword of Science: German Scholars and National Socialist Annexation Policy in Slovenia and Northern ItalyMichael WedekindChapter 7. Romanian-German Collaboration in Ethnopolitics: The Case of Sabin ManuilaViorel AchimChapter 8. Palatines All Over the World: Fritz Braun, a German Emigration Researcher in National Socialist Population PolicyWolfgang FreundChapter 9. German Westforschung, 1918 to the Present: The Case of Franz Petri, 1903–1993Hans DerksChapter 10. Otto Scheel: National Liberal, Nordic ProphetEric KurlanderChapter 11. The “Third Front”: German Cultural Policy in Occupied Europe, 1940–1945Frank-Rutger HausmannChapter 12. “Richtung halten”: Hans Rothfels and Neoconservative Historiography on Both Sides of the AtlanticKarl Heinz RothChapter 13. Polish mysl zachodnia and German Ostforschung: An Attempt at a ComparisonJan M. PiskorskiSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsSubject IndexNames Index

Michael Fahlbusch lives in Switzerland. He studied Geography in Münster and Zürich. He has written on the history of science, ethnic cleansing and ethno-politics in 20th–century Europe.

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005“Ingo Haar and Michael Fahlbusch have done a great service to the study of the internal co-optation of scholars into the Nazi ideology and praxis by putting together unflinching essays of the involvement of historians and members of other professions and academic fields in the structure of the Third Reich…The book is well edited and presents a wide range of important material …the place of Haar and Fahlbusch in the ranks of capable and exacting chroniclers of this period is assured.”  ·  German Studies Review"All in all, this collection, made pleasantly user-friendly through the index and bibliography, offers an important first step towards the internationalization of the German debate. One can only hope that this initiative will be followed through by other researchers."  ·  Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft

• ForewordGeorg G. Iggers†PrefaceIngo Haar and Michael FahlbuschList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. German Ostforschung and Anti-SemitismIngo HaarChapter 2. The Role and Impact of German Ethnopolitical Experts in the SS Reich Security Main OfficeMichael FahlbuschChapter 3. The Nazi Ethnographic Research of Georg Leibbrandt and Karl Stumpp in Ukraine, and Its North American LegacyEric J. Schmaltz and Samuel D. SinnerChapter 4. Volk, Bevölkerung, Rasse, and Raum: Erich Keyser’s Ambiguous Concept of a German History of Population, ca. 1918–1955Alexander PinwinklerChapter 5. Ethnic Politics and Scholarly Legitimation: The German Institut für Heimatforschung in Slovakia, 1941–1944Christof MorrisseyChapter 6. The Sword of Science: German Scholars and National Socialist Annexation Policy in Slovenia and Northern ItalyMichael WedekindChapter 7. Romanian-German Collaboration in Ethnopolitics: The Case of Sabin ManuilaViorel AchimChapter 8. Palatines All Over the World: Fritz Braun, a German Emigration Researcher in National Socialist Population PolicyWolfgang FreundChapter 9. German Westforschung, 1918 to the Present: The Case of Franz Petri, 1903–1993Hans DerksChapter 10. Otto Scheel: National Liberal, Nordic ProphetEric KurlanderChapter 11. The “Third Front”: German Cultural Policy in Occupied Europe, 1940–1945Frank-Rutger HausmannChapter 12. “Richtung halten”: Hans Rothfels and Neoconservative Historiography on Both Sides of the AtlanticKarl Heinz RothChapter 13. Polish mysl zachodnia and German Ostforschung: An Attempt at a ComparisonJan M. PiskorskiSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsSubject IndexNames Index

Michael Fahlbusch lives in Switzerland. He studied Geography in Münster and Zürich. He has written on the history of science, ethnic cleansing and ethno-politics in 20th–century Europe.

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005“Ingo Haar and Michael Fahlbusch have done a great service to the study of the internal co-optation of scholars into the Nazi ideology and praxis by putting together unflinching essays of the involvement of historians and members of other professions and academic fields in the structure of the Third Reich…The book is well edited and presents a wide range of important material …the place of Haar and Fahlbusch in the ranks of capable and exacting chroniclers of this period is assured.”  ·  German Studies Review"All in all, this collection, made pleasantly user-friendly through the index and bibliography, offers an important first step towards the internationalization of the German debate. One can only hope that this initiative will be followed through by other researchers."  ·  Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft

• ForewordGeorg G. Iggers†PrefaceIngo Haar and Michael FahlbuschList of AbbreviationsChapter 1. German Ostforschung and Anti-SemitismIngo HaarChapter 2. The Role and Impact of German Ethnopolitical Experts in the SS Reich Security Main OfficeMichael FahlbuschChapter 3. The Nazi Ethnographic Research of Georg Leibbrandt and Karl Stumpp in Ukraine, and Its North American LegacyEric J. Schmaltz and Samuel D. SinnerChapter 4. Volk, Bevölkerung, Rasse, and Raum: Erich Keyser’s Ambiguous Concept of a German History of Population, ca. 1918–1955Alexander PinwinklerChapter 5. Ethnic Politics and Scholarly Legitimation: The German Institut für Heimatforschung in Slovakia, 1941–1944Christof MorrisseyChapter 6. The Sword of Science: German Scholars and National Socialist Annexation Policy in Slovenia and Northern ItalyMichael WedekindChapter 7. Romanian-German Collaboration in Ethnopolitics: The Case of Sabin ManuilaViorel AchimChapter 8. Palatines All Over the World: Fritz Braun, a German Emigration Researcher in National Socialist Population PolicyWolfgang FreundChapter 9. German Westforschung, 1918 to the Present: The Case of Franz Petri, 1903–1993Hans DerksChapter 10. Otto Scheel: National Liberal, Nordic ProphetEric KurlanderChapter 11. The “Third Front”: German Cultural Policy in Occupied Europe, 1940–1945Frank-Rutger HausmannChapter 12. “Richtung halten”: Hans Rothfels and Neoconservative Historiography on Both Sides of the AtlanticKarl Heinz RothChapter 13. Polish mysl zachodnia and German Ostforschung: An Attempt at a ComparisonJan M. PiskorskiSelected BibliographyNotes on ContributorsSubject IndexNames Index