Geschichte und Ethik. Friedrich Meinecke als politischer Denker
History and Ethics. Friedrich Meinecke as political Thinker

Summary/Abstract: Friedrich Meinecke, who celebrated his 90th birthday in these days, is pro-bably the greatest living German historian and one of the greatest in the long list of German historians. He was born on 30 October 1862 to Salzwedel. As a historian he was first active in the Prussian archive service. In 1901 he was appointed professor at the University of Strasbourg, from where he moved to Freiburg a few years later. Shortly before the outbreak of the first world war he came to the University of Berlin, where he taught up to his retirement. As an irreconcilable opponent of national socialism, he was increasingly neutra-lized after 1933. It was only after the end of the Second World War that the 80-year-old could once again develop a pedagogical and political activity. When the Communists' pressure on the University of Berlin was growing, he joined the movement which led to the founding of the Freie Universität. He became the first rector of this youngest German university and its rector for life.

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