Mărturii istoriografice. Corespondenţă cu istorici germani
Historiographical testimonies. Correspondence with German historians

Summary/Abstract: The article contains letters with historical and genealogical topics, received by Mihai Sorin Rădulescu from two German historians –professor Emanuel Turczynski (1919 – 2002) and Balduin Herter (1926 - 2011). Turczynski has received in the 90’s the title of doctor honoris causa of the Bucharest University and I have made his acquaintance at this occasion. His writings on Romanian modern history – more precisely about Bucovina, the region of his birth – were in general known to me, so we quickly found common subjects of conversation of historical interest. At the beginning of 2000, I have spent a month of documentation and research at the Siebenbürgen – Institut in Gundelsheim am Neckar (in Federal Germany). There I have met the genealogist Balduin Herter, Saxon of Transylvania, originated from the town of Codlea (Zeiden, In the district of Brașov). Balduin Herter has been one of the main founders of this institute, of its library – the richest library concerning Romanian history which exists nowadays in the West –, as well as one of the main founders of the genealogical association of the Transylvanian Saxons. The two scholars were among the very few German historians who had the necessary knowledge as well as a non – non-destructive attitude on Romanian history, this great Unknown.

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