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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Klemens Wilhelm von Klemperer was born in Berlin on 2 November 1916. He attended the Französisches Gymnasium, briefly Balliol College, Oxford, then studied in Vienna and took part in anti-Nazi student circles before fleeing to the United States after the Anschluss ( | Klemens Wilhelm von Klemperer was born in Berlin on 2 November 1916. He attended the Französisches Gymnasium, briefly Balliol College, Oxford, then studied in Vienna and took part in anti-Nazi student circles before fleeing to the United States by November 1938 after the Anschluss (family property seized; relatives were later killed at Auschwitz). He enrolled at Harvard under a refugee-scholar program. | ||
Army service (1942–1946) interrupted his studies: after Camp Ritchie (Class 6; IPW 2) he served with Eisenhower’s G-2 at SHAEF in London, Versailles, and Berlin, and later worked at the Berlin Document Center. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1949 and joined Smith College, where he taught for thirty-seven years (L. Clark Seelye Professor of History from 1979). His scholarship on Central Europe and the German resistance—including ''German Resistance Against Hitler: The Search for Allies Abroad, 1938–1945''—made him a leading interpreter of opposition to the Nazi regime. He died at his home in Easthampton, Massachusetts, on 23 December 2012. | Army service (1942–1946) interrupted his studies: after Camp Ritchie ([[:Category:Class 6|Class 6]]; [[Team IPW 2|IPW 2]]) he served with Eisenhower’s G-2 at SHAEF in London, Versailles, and Berlin, and later worked at the Berlin Document Center. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1949 and joined Smith College, where he taught for thirty-seven years (L. Clark Seelye Professor of History from 1979). His scholarship on Central Europe and the German resistance—including ''German Resistance Against Hitler: The Search for Allies Abroad, 1938–1945''—made him a leading interpreter of opposition to the Nazi regime. His memoir ''Voyage Through the 20th Century'' appeared about three years before his death. He died at his home in Easthampton, Massachusetts, on 23 December 2012. | ||
He was married for 59 years to Elizabeth Gallaher; they had a son, James, and a daughter, Catharine Utzschneider. | |||
== Research notes == | == Research notes == | ||
* ''New York Times'' obituary | * Full ''New York Times'' obituary text on wiki as PDF (editor-supplied scan). | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* [[:File:NYT_Klemens_von_Klemperer_obituary_7_Jan_2013.pdf|Dennis Hevesi, “Klemens von Klemperer Dies at 96; Wrote of Nazi Era,” ''The New York Times'', 7 January 2013]] ([https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/world/europe/klemens-von-klemperer-dies-at-96-wrote-of-nazi-era.html online]) | |||
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/world/europe/klemens-von-klemperer-dies-at-96-wrote-of-nazi-era.html ''The New York Times'', “Klemens von Klemperer Dies at 96; Wrote of Nazi Era,” 7–8 January 2013] | * [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/world/europe/klemens-von-klemperer-dies-at-96-wrote-of-nazi-era.html ''The New York Times'', “Klemens von Klemperer Dies at 96; Wrote of Nazi Era,” 7–8 January 2013] | ||
* [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/klemens-von-klemperer-obituary?id=20104098 Daily Hampshire Gazette / Legacy — Klemens von Klemperer obituary] | * [https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/gazettenet/name/klemens-von-klemperer-obituary?id=20104098 Daily Hampshire Gazette / Legacy — Klemens von Klemperer obituary] | ||