Wolfgang G. Schwanitz (born 1955) is a German-American Middle East historian. He is a specialist in comparative studies of modern international relations between the United States, the Middle East, and Europe. Schwanitz is known for his research on relations between Arabs, Jews, and Germans, and on the history of German relations with the Middle East.
In his history of the German Orient Bank he showed by records from American and German archives how Jewish gold looted by Nazis in occupied Europe was sold in Turkey via the German Orient Bank.[2] This bank was founded in 1906 by Dresdner Bank in Berlin, the second-largest German bank, and served 40 years in the Middle East.
His works on German and American Islam policy where translated into eight languages. Schwanitz authored ten and edited ten books. He authored 90 book chapters on history and politics of the Middle East in international relations since 1798, as modernity came to the Middle East.
Selected bibliography
Books
Middle East Mosaic 2016 Egypt's Antiislamism, Israel, Arabia and Iran's Nuclear Deal, Islamic State with Caliphate and Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi, Donald J. Trump and Angela Merkel. Trafo Publisher Weist: Berlin 2019
Middle East Mosaic 2015 Egypt's Change, Israel and Irans Nuclear Deal, Islamic State Iraq-Syria and Barack H. Obama, Benjamin Netanjahu and Angela Merkel. Trafo Publisher Weist: Berlin 2017
Middle East Mosaic 2014, Afghanistan's Vote, Israel's Missile War, Caliphate Iraq-Syria and Barack H. Obama, Pope Francis and Angela Merkel. Trafo Publisher Weist: Berlin 2016
Middle East Mosaic 2013, Egypt's Revolt, Syria's Civil War, Iran's Nuclear Deal and Barack H. Obama, Abd al-Fattah as-Sisi and Angela Merkel. Trafo Publisher Weist: Berlin 2015
Islam in Europe, Revolts in the Middle East. Islamism and Genocide from Wilhelm II and Enver Pasha via Hitler and al-Husaini to Arafat, Usama Bin Ladin and Ahmadinejad and talks with Bernard Lewis. Trafo Publisher Weist: Berlin 2013, 2014, 2nd.ed.
Germany and the Middle East in the Cold War, University Publishers: Leipzig 2006, ed.
Germany and the Middle East, 1871–1945, Wiener 2004, (and Iberoamericana: Madrid 2004)
Germany and the Middle East, 1871–1945, Wiener: Princeton Papers 2004, ed.
Gold, Bankers, and Diplomats: A History of the German Orient Bank, Trafo Berlin 2002
August Bebel: The Muhammadan-Arab Periode of Culture, Edition East: Berlin 1999, ed.
125 Years of Suez Canal, Olms: Hildesheim 1998, ed.
Egypt and Germany in the 19th-20th Century, Dar ath-Thaqafa: Cairo 1998, with Wagih Atiq
Germans in the Mideast 1946-65, Princeton 1995, 2 vols.
Beyond of the Legends: Arabs, Jews, Germans, Dietz: Berlin 1994, ed.
The G.D.R. and the Third World, 1949–90, Lit: Muenster 1993-95, 3 vols., co-ed.
Berlin-Cairo: Then and Today, German-Egyptian Society: Berlin 1991, ed.
Egypt's Infitah Open-Door Policy, Department of Afro-Asian Studies: Leipzig 1985
Schwanitz, Wolfgang G. (2008). "The Bellicose Birth of Euro-Islam in Berlin". In Al-Hamarneh, Ala; Thielmann, Jorn (eds.). Islam and Muslims in Germany. Vol. 7. Koninklijke Brill NV. ISBN 978-90-04-15866-5.
Literature on W.G. Schwanitz
Clemens Heni: Schadenfreude. Islamforschung und Antisemitismus in Deutschland nach 9/11, Edition Critic: Berlin 2011
Stefan Bollinger, Ulrich van der Heyden (eds.): German Unity and Elite Change in East Germany, Trafo: Berlin 2002
Ekkehard Rudolph: State of Art: Cultural Studies and Humanities on the Muslim World, Orient Institute: Hamburg 1999
Wolf-Hagen Krauth, Ralf Wolz (eds.): Humanities and Re-Unification, Academy: Berlin 1998
Kai Hafez: Oriental Studies in the G.D.R., 1969–89, Orient Institute: Hamburg 1995
Emma Murphy, Gerd Nonneman, Neil Quilliam: Middle East & North Africa: A Directory of Specialists and Institutions, Eurames: Durham 1993
References
^GACVS Research Grants, 1998-1999
^Wege des Raubgoldes 1938–1945. (PDF; 242 kB) In: Gold, Bankiers und Diplomaten : zur Geschichte der Deutschen Orientbank 1906–1946. Trafo-Verlag Weist, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89626-288-2, p. 314.
^Wolfgang G. Schwanitz, Bernard Lewis Fellow - Middle East Program; Announcing the Bernard Lewis Fellowship, June 9, 2021