He was born in Paradeningken (then part of East Prussia, and now within Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia) to a farmer and horse breeder. During the Second World War he served in the German Army as an infantry officer. After Germany's defeat, Maser was interned by the Soviets in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After his release, he studied theology, philosophy and political science at Berlin, Munich and Erlangen. His doctoral thesis was titled The Organisation of the Führer Legend.[2] Maser was appointed professor of history at the University of Munich and he was also a guest professor at universities in America, Japan and Finland.[2] He discovered Hitler's medical records, which had been thought lost.[1]
During the late 1970s Maser claimed that Hitler had fathered a son (Jean-Marie Loret) with a French peasant dancer in 1918.[1][2]
Richard Breitman called Maser's biography of Adolf Hitler "the least reliable among the major biographies" and criticized Maser for giving credence to Hitler's alleged familiarity with many classics, preferring Robert G. L. Waite's depiction of Hitler as someone who "perused various sources for specific information to reinforce his own views".[3]
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Genossen beten nicht. Kirchenkampf des Kommunismus (Köln: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Politik, 1963).
^Breitman, Richard (1990). "Hitler and Genghis Khan". Journal of Contemporary History. 25 (2/3): 338. doi:10.1177/002200949002500209. ISSN 0022-0094. JSTOR 260736. S2CID 159541260 – via JSTOR.
January 01, 1970
werner, maser, july, 1922, paradeningken, april, 2007, german, historian, journalist, professor, martin, luther, university, halle, wittenberg, maser, first, historian, claim, that, hitler, diaries, were, forgeries, born, paradeningken, then, part, east, pruss. Werner Maser 12 July 1922 Paradeningken 5 April 2007 was a German historian journalist and professor at the Martin Luther University of Halle Wittenberg Maser was the first historian to claim that the Hitler Diaries were forgeries 1 He was born in Paradeningken then part of East Prussia and now within Kaliningrad Oblast Russia to a farmer and horse breeder During the Second World War he served in the German Army as an infantry officer After Germany s defeat Maser was interned by the Soviets in Sachsenhausen concentration camp After his release he studied theology philosophy and political science at Berlin Munich and Erlangen His doctoral thesis was titled The Organisation of the Fuhrer Legend 2 Maser was appointed professor of history at the University of Munich and he was also a guest professor at universities in America Japan and Finland 2 He discovered Hitler s medical records which had been thought lost 1 During the late 1970s Maser claimed that Hitler had fathered a son Jean Marie Loret with a French peasant dancer in 1918 1 2 He was a critic of the works of Alan Bullock and Sebastian Haffner 2 In his 1994 work Der Wortbruch Hitler Stalin und der Zweite Weltkrieg The Broken Agreement Hitler Stalin and the Second World War Maser argued that the Soviets were preparing to invade Germany and that Hitler s invasion of the Soviet Union pre empted the planned Soviet invasion of Germany by two weeks 1 2 He also wrote biographies of German Presidents Friedrich Ebert Paul von Hindenburg and Helmut Kohl 1 2 Richard Breitman called Maser s biography of Adolf Hitler the least reliable among the major biographies and criticized Maser for giving credence to Hitler s alleged familiarity with many classics preferring Robert G L Waite s depiction of Hitler as someone who perused various sources for specific information to reinforce his own views 3 Works editGenossen beten nicht Kirchenkampf des Kommunismus Koln Verlag fur Wissenschaft und Politik 1963 Hitlers Mein Kampf Entstehung Aufbau Stil Anderungen Quellen Quellenwert Kommentierte Auszuge Munchen Bechtle Verlag 1966 English translation by Richard Barry Hitler s Mein Kampf An Analysis London Faber and Faber 1970 Adolf Hitler Legende Mythos Wirklichkeit Munchen Bechtle Verlag 1971 English translation by Peter and Betty Ross Hitler Legend Myth amp Reality New York Harper amp Row 1973 Hitlers Briefe und Notizen Sein Weltbild in Handschriftlichen Dokumenten Dusseldorf and Vienna Econ Verlag 1973 English translation Hitler s Letters and Notes 1973 Nurnberg Tribunal der Sieger Econ Verlag Dusseldorf Wien 1977 English translation by Richard Barry Nuremberg A Nation on Trial London Allen Lane 1979 Der Wortbruch Hitler Stalin und der Zweite Weltkrieg Munchen Gunter Olzog Verlag 1994 Notes edit a b c d e Werner Maser a Leading Hitler Scholar Dies at 84 The New York Times 11 April 2007 a b c d e f The Times 12 April 2007 p 60 Breitman Richard 1990 Hitler and Genghis Khan Journal of Contemporary History 25 2 3 338 doi 10 1177 002200949002500209 ISSN 0022 0094 JSTOR 260736 S2CID 159541260 via JSTOR Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Werner Maser amp oldid 1204816842, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
