Richard evans actor biography

Richard J Evans is Regius Professor Emeritus of History at Cambridge University, and an author.

• Observer book of the week

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  The ex-German chancellor’s memoir details the myriad issues she faced, from the 2008 financial crash to Covid-19, but studiously avoids much in the way of insights and analysis

• The Broken House by Horst Krüger review – growing up under Hitler

  A German former soldier recalls his childhood in a 1966 memoir that has a chilling lesson for our own era

• Jonathan Steinberg obituary

  Historian whose work Bismarck: A Life is considered the best study of its subject in the English language

• Otto Dov Kulka obituary

  Historian of the Holocaust who wrote an acclaimed memoir of his experiences as a child in Auschwitz

• Zara Steiner obituary

  Brilliant historian of international relations in Europe between the two world wars

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