Julius H. Schoeps, born in Djursholm/Sweden in 1942, is a maternal descendant of the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy family. He studied history, history of ideas, political science and theatre studies in Erlangen and Berlin, writing his PhD on modern history in 1969. Following a spell in publishing, he was a professor at the University of Duisburg from 1974 to 1992 and then professor of modern history (focusing on German-Jewish history) at the University of Potsdam until 2007. Director of the Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies since 1992, part-time Foundation Director of the Jewish Museum Vienna and the Moses Mendelssohn Academy in Halberstadt from 1993 to 1997. Author of countless publications on German-Jewish history, including the autobiographical notes Mein Weg als deutscher Jude, Zurich 2003. Julius H. Schoeps lives in Berlin.
