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Short biography

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