Wolfgang Scheffler (historian), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German historian
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Place of Birth: Leipzig, Leipzig District, Germany
About Wolfgang Scheffler (historian)
- Dr Wolfgang Scheffler (born 22 July 1929 in Leipzig – died 18 November 2008 in Berlin) was a graduate and later, Professor of Political Science and History at the Free University of Berlin.
- In the 1960s, he was engaged in massive research of the Third Reich National Socialist policy toward the Jews in unpublished archival material, on behalf of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
- He was a member of the German delegation at the Eichmann trial.
- In 1969, at the second Treblinka trial Scheffler submitted his expert opinion based on new evidence, estimating the total number of persons killed at the Treblinka extermination camp to be around 900,000 victims.
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