Joseph Hansen (historian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Hansen (historian)

German regional historian and archivist

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1862

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

Date of Death: 29-Jun-1943

Profession: archivist, regional historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Joseph Hansen (April 26, 1863 – June 29, 1943) was an influential German historian of the witchcraft persecutions, and an archivist in the city of Cologne, where at the age of 80 he was killed, along with his wife, by the bombs of World War II.