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The Hamburg Institute for Social Research (German: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung; abbreviated HIS) is an independent private foundation whose scholarship is focused on both contemporary history and the social sciences. Founded in 1984 by Jan Philipp Reemtsma, it currently employs about 50 people with roughly 50% working in the research fields of sociology and history. The institute publishes a bimonthly journal called Mittelweg 36 [de] and has its own publishing house.

Mittelweg 36

The institutes journal was first published in 1992 and allows readers to follow ongoing research projects at the institute. In its first decade the journal has garnered interest not only in the academic community but also has a number of non-academic readers.

Wehrmachtsausstellung

In 1995 the institute began an exhibition titled Wehrmachtsausstellung which toured Germany until 1999. The tour detailed the War crimes of the Wehrmacht and helped break the Myth of the clean Wehrmacht in Germany. It was designed by Hannes Heer.

References

1. "Home". Hamburg Institute for Social Research. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011.
2. "About Us". Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
3. Neumann, Volker Maria. "A Few New Questions: The Hamburg Institute for Social Research". Goethe-Institut.
4. "Mittelweg 36". Magazine List. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
5. Bartov ppXI-XII

Bibliography

• Bartov, Omer (2003) Germany's war and the Holocaust: disputed histories Cornell University Press ISBN 978-0-8014-8681-4
• Bankier, David. Mikhman, Dan. (2009) Holocaust Historiography in Context: Emergence, Challenges, Polemics and Achievements Berghahn Books ISBN 978-965-308-326-4

External links

• Official website (in German)

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