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Died January 8, 2010, Staten Island, New York City, New York, United States Education Columbia University (1950), City College of New York (1942) Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada People also search for Ari Hoogenboom, Abraham Seldin Eisenstadt, Abraham Lincoln Books Andrew Johnson: A Biography, Impeachment of a president, The radical Republicans, Thaddeus Stevens: Nineteent, Carl Schurz - a biography | ||
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Hans L. Trefousse (December 18, 1921 – January 8, 2010) was an American author and historian pf the Reconstruction Era and was a professor emeritus at Brooklyn College from 1950 to 1998. He also taught as a distinguished professor of history at City University of New York.
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Early life
Trefousse was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in the 1930s. He graduated from New York City College in 1942. He then enlisted in the Army where he served as an intelligence officer in WW II, using his fluent German to interrogate German soldiers.
Career
Trefousse focused his work on the history of the Reconstruction, and wrote books on Andrew Johnson and Rutherford B. Hayes. In the 1960s, he confronted the dominant historical narrative of the time regarding Reconstruction, arguing instead that Reconstruction was a failed attempt "to bring racial justice to the South." In total he authored over twenty books.
He gained media attention during Bill Clinton's impeachment for drawing comparisons to Johnson's impeachment.