Ian Kershaw

Sir Ian Kershaw FBA is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20thcentury Germany He is regarded by many as one of the worlds 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