Karl Dietrich Bracher

Karl Dietrich Bracher
Karl Dietrich Bracher
Born	13 March 1922; Stuttgart, Weimar Republic
Died	19 September 2016 (aged 94); Bonn, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Tübingen; Harvard University
Known for	Arguing that the collapse of the Weimar Republic was not inevitable and that Nazi Germany was a totalitarian dictatorship.
	Scientific career
Fields	Political science; Modern history
Institutions	Free University of Berlin; University of Bonn
Doctoral students	Hoffmann, Knütter, Mirow, Miller, Pflüger
Other notable students	Kühnhardt

Karl Dietrich Bracher (13 March 1922 – 19 September 2016) was a German political scientist and historian of the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany. Born in Stuttgart, Bracher was awarded a Ph.D. in the classics by the University of Tübingen in 1948 and subsequently studied at Harvard University from 1949 to 1950. During World War II, he served in the Wehrmacht and was captured by the Americans while serving in Tunisia in 1943. Bracher taught at the Free University of Berlin from 1950 to 1958 and at the University of Bonn since 1959. In 1951, Bracher married Dorothee Schleicher, the niece of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. They had two children.^[1]

^ Ruud van Dijk, "Bracher, Karl Dietrich," in Kelly Boyd, ed., The Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing, Vol. 1, London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999, pp. 111–112.

Karl Dietrich Bracher
Born	(1922-03-13)13 March 1922 Stuttgart, Weimar Republic
Died	19 September 2016(2016-09-19) (aged 94) Bonn, Germany
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Tübingen Harvard University
Known for	Arguing that the collapse of the Weimar Republic was not inevitable and that Nazi Germany was a totalitarian dictatorship.
Scientific career
Fields	Political science Modern history
Institutions	Free University of Berlin University of Bonn
Doctoral students	Hoffmann, Knütter, Mirow, Miller, Pflüger
Other notable students	Kühnhardt