Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Fritz Stern
Born: February 2, 1926
Died: May 18, 2016 (aged 90)
Bio: Fritz Richard Stern was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography. He was a University Professor Emeritus and a provost at New York's Columbia University.
Known for:
- Five Germanys I Have Known (2006)
- The politics of cultural despair (1961)
- Gold and Iron (1977)