Ian Kershaw

Biography

Sir Ian Kershaw FBA is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's leading experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is particularly noted for his biographies of Hitler. He was the leading disciple of the German historian Martin Broszat, and until his retirement, he was a professor at the University of Sheffield. Kershaw has called Broszat an "inspirational mentor" who did much to shape his understanding of Nazi Germany. Kershaw served as historical adviser on numerous BBC documentaries, notably The Nazis: A Warning from History and War of the Century. He taught a module titled "Germans against Hitler".

Most Known For

DAS!

Kulturzeit

as self

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Kev Haycroft

Fat Friends

as Simon de Vier

Sternstunden

as Self

Doomsday: World War I

as Selbst - Historiker

Hillsborough

as Additional Cast

Christmas Lights

as Buchanan

Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler

as himself

The Things You Do for Love: Against the Odds

as ASM

Hitler's People: A Portrait of the Third Reich

Hitler: The Unknown Soldier 1914-1918

as Self