Lothar Mertens

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lothar Mertens
Date Of Birth	Jan 2, 1959(1959-01-02)
Age	65
Date Of Death	December 4, 2006, Berlin, Germany
Birthplace	Leverkusen
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Capricorn

Lothar Mertens Biography

Lothar Mertens is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 2, 1959 in Leverkusen, Germany. Lothar Mertens (2 January 1959 – 4 December 2006) was a prolific German historian and social sciences scholar. A principal focus of his output was on the German Democratic Republic (East Germany, 1949-1990).

Lothar Mertens died suddenly in Berlin on 4 December 2006.

Lothar Mertens Net Worth

Lothar Mertens is one of the richest from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lothar Mertens 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lothat Mertens was born in Leverkusen in West Germany at the height of the country’s remarkable postwar economic revival. He studied History, Catholic Theology and Sociology at the universities of Bochum and Cologne. He received his doctorate in 1990 for a piece of work on the development of Women’s Studies in Germany as a branch of social sciences before 1945. A higher level doctorate from the University of Potsdam followed in 1996, received for a study of the life and works of the peace and human rights activist, Kurt Grossmann [de] .

He also received his habilitation (higher academic qualification) in 1996. This came from Bochum University. This time his dissertation was entitled “The Star of David under Hammer and Compass – The Jewish Community in the Soviet occupation zone / German Democratic Republic and their Treatment by the Party and the State 1945-1990”. After this he worked as a private tutor at Bochum. He also embarked on a project, jointly with Wilhelm Bleek, concerning the way in which dissertations had been produced and used in the German Democratic Republic during the four decades before its re-integration into what had become the German Federal Republic. Their work involved studying the output of East German historians and of the (East) German Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Their published conclusions were very critical of academic work produced in East Germany. Mertens was seen to endorse the view put forward by Arnulf Baring that much of East German scholarship was literally useless (“auf weite Strecken unbrauchbar”).

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Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Lothar Mertens celebrates birthday on January 2 of every year.