Christopher R. Browning
Holocaust historian and professor
Christopher R. Browning is an American historian who specializes in the Holocaust. His books include Ordinary Men.
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American Born 1944 in Durham, United States
About Christopher R. Browning
Christopher R. Browning, born on May 22, 1944, is an American historian. He retired from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2014 and holds emeritus status in history. His work centers on the Final Solution, the conduct of people who put Nazi policies into practice, and the use of survivor testimony. From 1974 to 1999 he taught at Pacific Lutheran University, where he became a distinguished professor. He joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1999 as Frank Porter Graham Professor of History. In 2006 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected him a Fellow. After leaving North Carolina in 2014, he took a visiting post at the University of Washington in Seattle. He has also given expert testimony at several trials connected to the Holocaust. He has written nine books, among them Ordinary Men and The Origins of the Final Solution. He has received the National Jewish Book Award three times.