Michael Kißener, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Kißener

German historian

Date of Birth: 03-Dec-1960

Place of Birth: Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: historian, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Michael Kißener (born 3 December 1960, in Bonn) is a German historian and Professor at the University of Mainz.
His research is focused on the history of the national socialist regime (the Third Reich) and the opposition against it. He earned his doctorate in 1991, and headed the Forschungsstelle Widerstand at the University of Karlsruhe from 1992 to 2002.
In 2000, he earned his Habilitation.
He was appointed Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Mainz in 2002. He is a founding signatory of the Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism.