Introduction
Hermann Oncken (12 November 1869, Oldenburg, Germany – 28 December 1945, Göttingen, Germany) was a German historian and political writer. He was one of the most notable historians of pre-Nazi Germany.
He lectured at the universities of Chicago (1905), Giessen (1906), Heidelberg (1907-1923), Munich (1923-1928), and Berlin (1928-1935). In 1935 he was forced to retire by the Nazi regime, which he opposed.
He specialized in the 19th century, history of historical thought, history of political thought.
Notable students:
Franz Schnabel (1887-1966), Ph.D. 1910
Gerhard Ritter (1888-1967), Ph.D. in 1912
Egmont Zechlin (1896-1992), doctorate in 1922
Ernst Simon (1899-1988), Ph.D. in 1923
George W. F. Hallgarten (1901–1975), Ph.D. 1925
Walter Frank (1905–1945), Ph.D. 1927
Michael Freund (1902-1972), Ph.D. 1928
Paul Kluke (1908-1990), Ph.D. 1931
Margret Boveri (1900-1975), Ph.D. 1932
Selected works
- Lasalle. Zwischen Marx und Bismarck (Lassalle. Between Marx and Bismarck), 1904
- Rudolf von Bennigsen. Ein deutscher liberaler Politiker (Rudolf von Bennigsen. A German liberal politician), 1910
- Historisch-politische Aufsätze (Historical-political Essays), 1914
- Das alte und das neue Mitteleuropa, 1917
- Die Utopia des Thomas Morus und das Machtproblem in der Staatslehre, 1922
- Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III von 1863 bis 1870 (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III from 1863 until 1870), 3 vol., 1926
- Napoleon III. und der Rhein. Der Ursprung des Krieges von 1870/71 (Napoleon III. and the Rhine. The Origin of the War of 1870/71), 1926 (= separately published Introduction of Die Rheinpolitik Kaiser Napoleons III (The Rhine policy of Emperor Napoleon III))
- Über das Motiv der "Sicherheit" in der europäischen Geschichte, 1926
- Großherzog Friedrich I. von Baden und die deutsche Politik von 1854-1871 (Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden and the German policy of 1854-1871, 1927
- Das Deutsche Reich und die Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges (The German Reich and the Origin of the Great War), 2 vol., 1927
- Cromwell. Vier Essays über die Führung einer Nation, 1935
- Nation und Geschichte. Reden und Aufsätze 1919-1935 (Nation and History. Speeches and Essays 1919-1935), 1935