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	Ralf Blank <ralf.blank@historisches-centrum.de> Historisches Centrum Hagen Museum studies, museums and the Internet, allied air raids and the German "Homefront" on a political and social point of view, pre-war era and denazification, "new media" and history sciences, particulary the presentation of resources on modern and contemporary history, museum collections and "Aryanisation" of jewish property 1933-1945.

Address:	Historisches Centrum Hagen Museums and Archives of Hagen Eilper Strasse 71 - 75 Hagen, 58091 Germany

Primary Phone:	+49 (0)2331 207 2852

Web Page:	http://www.ralf-blank.de

List Affiliations:	List Editor for H-Museum Former Review Editor for H-Museum Review Editor for H-Soz-u-Kult Reviewer for H-Soz-u-Kult Web Editor for H-Museum

Reviews:	B. Biste, R. Hohls (Hgg.): Fachinformation und EDV-Arbeitstechniken für Historiker C. von Looz-Corswarem: Zwangsarbeit in Düsseldorf R. Neillands: Der Krieg der Bomber Chr. Kucklick: Feuersturm J. Friedrich: Brandstätten H.-J. Kühne: Der Tag, an dem Bielefeld unterging Sammelrez: Kriegsende im Blick der Fotografie Sammelrez: Kriegsende im Blick der Fotografie D. Pfau (Hg.): Kriegsende 1945 in Siegen I. Marszolek u.a. (Hrsg.): Bunker K. Fings u.a. (Hrsg.): Zukunftsprojekt Westwall D. Süß: Tod aus der Luft

Interests:	Educational Technology Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies Local History Political History / Studies

Bio: Historian and Museologist, he has studied history sciences (with focus on medieval, modern and contemporary history), classical archaeology, prehistory and museology. Today he works as curator and head of the documentation and collection department at the Historical Center Hagen, Germany. - Magister Artium in history sciences with a biographical study on the former gau leader of South-Westphalia and "Reichsamtsleiter" in the "Partei-Kanzlei", Albert Hoffmann. - Ph.D. in history with a study on "Homefront" and post-war era in the Ruhr area, 1943-1955. Since 1993 activities in the Internet, he is full member of Virtual Library Network (founded by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN) and maintainer of the German section of Virtual Library Museums (International Council of Museums, Paris), and maintainer of the Contemporary History section of the Virtual Library History (Friedrich Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany / University of Kansas, USA). For publications, projects, etc., please see the personal homepage (see top of the page).