Theodor Schieder
Theodor Schieder (11 April 1908 – 8 October 1984) was an influential mid-20th century
German historian. Born in
Oettingen, Western
Bavaria, he relocated to
Königsberg in
East Prussia in 1934 at the age of 26.
[p. 56] He joined the
Nazi Party in 1937. During the
Nazi era, Schieder became part of a group of German conservative historians antagonistic towards the
Weimar Republic. He pursued a racially-oriented social history (''Volksgeschichte''), and warned about the supposed dangers of Germans mixing with other nations. During this time, Schieder used ethnographic methods to justify German supremacy and expansion. He was the author of the "Memorandum of 7 October 1939", calling for
Germanization of the recaptured Polish territories after the
Invasion of Poland. His suggestions were later incorporated in the German
Generalplan Ost. After the war, he settled in
West Germany and worked at the
University of Cologne.
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