Friedrich Meinecke
Friedrich Meinecke | |
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| Born | October 30, 1862 |
| Died | February 6, 1954 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | University 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 for | Historism |
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.
In 1948, he helped found the Free University of Berlin in West Berlin, and he remained an important figure to the end of his life.