However most German historians considered the approach too positivistic for their taste, and not philosophical enough.

Until recently the identity of this child had not been disclosed, although it was known to German medical historians.

He soon became one of the most important German legal historians of his time.

By the mid-1980s, right-wing German historians began to think it was time for the nation to start celebrating much of its history again.

"You cannot, as a German historian, avoid this topic," he said.

Two years from now too, the German historians will accept that we are right.

He regretted that I had not read the book of an obscure German historian.

However, the certificate has been questioned, especially by the German historians.

In the 1960s, his books came to more widespread attention among German historians.