European Dictatorships ─ A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century

Gerhard Besier is a theologian, historian and psychologist. After professorships in Berlin, Heidelberg and Dresden he now is Director of the Sigmund Neumann Institute for the Research on Freedom, Liberty and Democracy in Dresden. He has published widely on the themes of German-Polish antagonisms, transformation processes in Europe since 1945, European dictatorships, confessional controversies in Germany, Europe and the USA, and on stereotypes and prejudices. Katarzyna Stoklosa is Associate Professor in the Department of Border Region Studies at the University of Sonderborg, Denmark. She finished her PhD at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and her habilitation thesis at the University of Potsdam. She has published various books and articles on European border regions in comparison, on European history and nationalism.