12. Mai 1962

Birth in Essen

1982-1988

Studies at the University of Cologne (History, Laguages, Medieval Latin)

1984/85

Study year at the Universidad de Sevilla/ investigations in the Archivo General de Indias

Juli 1988

Magister

Juli 1991

Promotion (Ph.D.) to Dr. phil.

Oktober 1991

Academic assistant at the Iberian and Latin American History Department of the University of Cologne

Oktober 1992

Awared with the prize of the Deutschen Ibero-Amerika-Stiftung (Hamburg)

1997-1999

Member of the commission of inquiry of the Argentine goverment for the investigation of nazi activities in Argentina CEANA (Comisión para el esclarecimiento de las actividades del nazismo en la Argentina).

Januar 2000

Academic councellor at the University of Cologne

Januar 2001

Habilitation

Januar 2009

Associate Professor

since 2014

Vice Director of the Institute of History