We would like to congratulate Alexander Schwarz most warmly on successfully completing his doctoral degree. As a research associate within our network and based within the History department of the University of Bayreuth, Alexander Schwarz studied struggles over the meaning of violence in the case of the Franconian Freikorps.

His dissertation examines how violence was unleashed during the suppression of the Bavarian Soviet Republic. It focuses on the question of which guiding ideologies shaped this violence – particularly antisemitism, anti-Bolshevism, and militarism – and how they influenced the actions of the people involved.

Together with Alexander Schwarz, we are delighted about his excellent PhD completion with magna cum laude, and we wish him all the best for his future academic career.

Alexander Schwarz (center) and the members of the examination committee (left to right): Markus Mühlnikel (minutes), Jana Hönke (third examiner), Julia Eichenberg (first examiner), and Martin Ott (second supervisor).

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