Katja Hoyer
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Katja Hoyer (2024)
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Born | 1985
Guben, Germany
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Occupation(s) | Historian, journalist, writer |
Known for | Work on East Germany |
Academic background | |
Education | MA |
Alma mater | University of Jena |
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Institutions | King's College London |
Hoyer was born in Guben, East Germany,[5] where her mother was a teacher and her father an East German military officer.[6] She received a Master's degree from the University of Jena[3] and moved to the United Kingdom in about 2010.[7]
Hoyer is a visiting research fellow at King's College London and has published two books about the history of Germany.[8] She is also a journalist for The Spectator,[9] The Washington Post,[10] Times Literary Supplement,[11] UnHerd,[12] and Die Welt.[3]
Her first book, Blood and Iron, about the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, was well reviewed,[13][14] even though some reviewers suggested that she had played down the negative aspects of the period and of Otto von Bismarck's legacy.[15][16] Her second book, Beyond the Wall, about the history of East Germany from 1949 to 1990, was well reviewed in the United Kingdom,[1][17][18][19][20] but less well received in Germany.[6]
Hoyer is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.[3]