Klaus Scholder1,2

M, (12 January 1930 - 10 April 1985)
     Klaus Scholder was born on 12 January 1930 at Erlangen, Bayern, German Empire.1,2 He was the son of Rudolf Scholder.1 Klaus Scholder died on 10 April 1985 at Tübingen, District of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, at age 55 years, 2 months and 29 days.1,2 He was buried in the Stadtfriedhof Tübingen, located in Tübingen, District of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany.2
     He was professor of history between 1968 and 1985 at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Tübingen, District of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany. His work focussed on the Kirchenkampf, the intra-confessional struggle of German Christians during Hitler's Third Reich, on which he wrote Die Kirchen und das Dritte Reich (The Churches and the Third Reich). The two volumes are still considered a standard on the topic in Germany. A third volume was completed posthumously in 2001 by his student Gerhard Besier, now Director of the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research into Totalitarianism in Dresden.
Last Edited=9 Sep 2018

Citations

  1. [S1327] Lothar Bily, Scholder, Klaus, online http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/s/s1/scholder_k.shtml ( page last updated 13 March 1999) viewed on 12 November 2007.
  2. [S2475] Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave.com, digital image, (<http://www.findagrave.com/>: accessed 9 September 2018), transcript, "tombstone for Klaus Scholder (1930-1985), Find A Grave Memorial No. 180244016, records of Stadtfriedhof Tübingen, Tübingen, Landkreis Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany." Transcript by letemrip (contributor 49084452), record added 11 June 2017.