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Katja Hoyer
German-British historian (born 1985) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katja Hoyer (born 1985)[1] is a German-British[2] historian, journalist and writer.[3][4]
Life and career
Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany,[5] where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer.[6] She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena[3] and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010.[7]
Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany.[8] She is also a journalist for The Spectator,[9] The Washington Post,[10] Times Literary Supplement,[11] UnHerd,[12] and Die Welt.[3]
Her first book, Blood and Iron, about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed,[13][14] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy.[15][16] Her second book, Beyond the Wall, about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom,[1][17][18][19][20] but less well received in Germany.[6]
Hoyer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[3]
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Works
Books
- Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918 (The History Press, 2021)
- Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 (Random House, 2023) [21][22][23]
Articles
Film
- Hoyer is acting as Lead Historical Adviser and Technical Consultant for upcoming Cold War biopic Whispers of Freedom, based on the true story of Chris Gueffroy.[27][28]
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References
External links
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