Carlo Gentile
Educational Background
2008-2012: Dr.phil., University of Cologne, Faculty of Humanities.
January 1994: Magister in Modern History, University of Cologne.
1986-1993: Modern and Mediaeval History, Jewish Studies, Auxiliary Sciences of History at the University of Cologne.
Position Held: Full-Time
Since 2005 Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Martin Buber Institut for Jewish Studies, University of Cologne.
Professional Experience
From 1997 to 2009 I served as a Historical Advisor for several law enforcement agencies and was called to testify as a Historical Expert at war crimes trials in Italy, Germany, and Canada.
Details of Professional Experience
2006-currently: I teach Basic Level Courses in Biblical and Modern Hebrew, my Seminars are devoted to Modern Jewish History (19th - 20th Century), History of Modern Israel, Holocaust Studies, the films of Claude Lanzmann, National Socialist Perpetrators (Täterforschung), Social and Military History of German-Occupied Europe 1939-1945.
2009-2012: Member of the German Italian Joint Historical Commission for the History of German-Occupied Italy 1943-1945.
2009: Historical Expert at the Trial against Josef Scheungraber, Regional Court (Schwurgericht), Munich (Germany).
2006: Historical Expert at the Trials against Gerhard Dosse (War Crimes in Albenga, Italy 1944/1945) and Heinrich Geiger (War Crimes in Grimaldi, Italy 1944) before the Military District Court in Turin (Italy).
2006: Historical Expert at the Trial against Max Milde et al. (War Crimes in Civitella, Cornia and San Pancrazio, Italy 1944) and at the Trial against Paul Albers et al. (War Crimes in Marzabotto, Italy 1944), Military District Court, La Spezia (Italy).
2005: Historical Expert at the Trial against Michael Seifert, Federal Court, Vancouver (Canada).
2005: Historical Expert at the Trial against Emil Schreiber (War Crimes in Macerata, Italy 1944), Military District Court, Rome (Italy).
2004: Historical Expert at the Trial against Gerhard Sommer et al. (War Crimes in Sant’Anna di Stazzema 1944), Military District Court, La Spezia (Italy).
2004: Researcher at the Commission for the Recovery of the Bibliographic Heritage of the Jewish Community in Rome looted in 1943 and charged with research in German and American Archives.
2003-2004: Historical Expert for the Canadian Department of Justice, “Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section”, Ottawa (Canada).
2003: Historical Expert at the Trial against Heinrich Schubert (War Crimes in Chiusa Pesio, Italy 1944) at the Military District Court, Turin (Italy).
2002: Historical Expert at the Trial against Dr. Friedrich Engel, Regional Court (Landgericht), Hamburg (Germany).
2000-2002: Researcher at Università degli Studi, Pisa (Italy). Project: “Per un atlante delle stragi naziste in Italia” (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Paolo Pezzino).
Awards
In December 2021 I was awarded by Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier the Federal Cross of Merit for my services to the German-Italian Culture of Remembrance (deutsch-italienische Erinnerungskultur).
In September 2022 I received in Caiazzo (Caserta/Italy) the Premio letterario Monte Carmignano per l’Europa for my life work as a historian.
Phone: Tel. +49 221 470 4435
Address: Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik
Universität zu Köln
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln
2008-2012: Dr.phil., University of Cologne, Faculty of Humanities.
January 1994: Magister in Modern History, University of Cologne.
1986-1993: Modern and Mediaeval History, Jewish Studies, Auxiliary Sciences of History at the University of Cologne.
Position Held: Full-Time
Since 2005 Research Associate (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) at the Martin Buber Institut for Jewish Studies, University of Cologne.
Professional Experience
From 1997 to 2009 I served as a Historical Advisor for several law enforcement agencies and was called to testify as a Historical Expert at war crimes trials in Italy, Germany, and Canada.
Details of Professional Experience
2006-currently: I teach Basic Level Courses in Biblical and Modern Hebrew, my Seminars are devoted to Modern Jewish History (19th - 20th Century), History of Modern Israel, Holocaust Studies, the films of Claude Lanzmann, National Socialist Perpetrators (Täterforschung), Social and Military History of German-Occupied Europe 1939-1945.
2009-2012: Member of the German Italian Joint Historical Commission for the History of German-Occupied Italy 1943-1945.
2009: Historical Expert at the Trial against Josef Scheungraber, Regional Court (Schwurgericht), Munich (Germany).
2006: Historical Expert at the Trials against Gerhard Dosse (War Crimes in Albenga, Italy 1944/1945) and Heinrich Geiger (War Crimes in Grimaldi, Italy 1944) before the Military District Court in Turin (Italy).
2006: Historical Expert at the Trial against Max Milde et al. (War Crimes in Civitella, Cornia and San Pancrazio, Italy 1944) and at the Trial against Paul Albers et al. (War Crimes in Marzabotto, Italy 1944), Military District Court, La Spezia (Italy).
2005: Historical Expert at the Trial against Michael Seifert, Federal Court, Vancouver (Canada).
2005: Historical Expert at the Trial against Emil Schreiber (War Crimes in Macerata, Italy 1944), Military District Court, Rome (Italy).
2004: Historical Expert at the Trial against Gerhard Sommer et al. (War Crimes in Sant’Anna di Stazzema 1944), Military District Court, La Spezia (Italy).
2004: Researcher at the Commission for the Recovery of the Bibliographic Heritage of the Jewish Community in Rome looted in 1943 and charged with research in German and American Archives.
2003-2004: Historical Expert for the Canadian Department of Justice, “Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section”, Ottawa (Canada).
2003: Historical Expert at the Trial against Heinrich Schubert (War Crimes in Chiusa Pesio, Italy 1944) at the Military District Court, Turin (Italy).
2002: Historical Expert at the Trial against Dr. Friedrich Engel, Regional Court (Landgericht), Hamburg (Germany).
2000-2002: Researcher at Università degli Studi, Pisa (Italy). Project: “Per un atlante delle stragi naziste in Italia” (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Paolo Pezzino).
Awards
In December 2021 I was awarded by Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier the Federal Cross of Merit for my services to the German-Italian Culture of Remembrance (deutsch-italienische Erinnerungskultur).
In September 2022 I received in Caiazzo (Caserta/Italy) the Premio letterario Monte Carmignano per l’Europa for my life work as a historian.
Phone: Tel. +49 221 470 4435
Address: Martin-Buber-Institut für Judaistik
Universität zu Köln
Albertus-Magnus-Platz
50923 Köln
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Books by Carlo Gentile
Der Autor, der ein Jahrzehnt lang als Sachverständiger bei Kriegsverbrecherprozessen vor Gerichten tätig war, stellt in diesem Buch erstmals systematisch und auf breite Quellenbasis gestützt das Vorgehen der deutschen Besatzungstruppen dar. Sachlich und differenziert werden u. a. mehrere durch die Prozesse der letzten Jahren bekannt gewordene Kriegsverbrechen wie Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Civitella in Val di Chiana und Marzabotto sowie deren Täter untersucht.""
Papers by Carlo Gentile
Der Autor, der ein Jahrzehnt lang als Sachverständiger bei Kriegsverbrecherprozessen vor Gerichten tätig war, stellt in diesem Buch erstmals systematisch und auf breite Quellenbasis gestützt das Vorgehen der deutschen Besatzungstruppen dar. Sachlich und differenziert werden u. a. mehrere durch die Prozesse der letzten Jahren bekannt gewordene Kriegsverbrechen wie Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Civitella in Val di Chiana und Marzabotto sowie deren Täter untersucht.""
This is an excellent, groundbreaking study of the mechanics of German anti-partisan warfare in Italy. It provides a differentiated, enriched understanding of the campaign on the ground."
In Italien erschwerte der fehlende Zugang zu konkreten Informationen zu den Tätern den Überlebenden und Hinterbliebenen lange Zeit die Bewältigung ihrer Traumata. Unser Projekt beabsichtigt, ein Bewusstsein für diese bisher wenig beachtete Seite der komplexen deutsch-italienischen Beziehungen zu wecken und einen Beitrag zur Förderung von Dialog und Verständigung zwischen beiden Ländern zu leisten. Mit unserer Projektwebsite wollen wir dieses Wissen für eine diverse Öffentlichkeit verständlich und nachhaltig zugänglich machen. Das Projekt wird durch den deutsch-italienischen Zukunftsfonds des Auswärtigen Amtes der Bundesrepublik Deutschland gefördert.
In February 2019, the city of Eschweiler commissioned a historical expert report on Major General Dr.-Ing. Hans Leyers, in particular on his role in the National Socialist occupation of Italy 1943-1945. The subject of the expert opinion is to clarify the question whether General Leyers was involved in war crimes in Italy.