Karl Bosl

{{Short description|German historian (1908–1993)}} '''Karl Bosl''' (11 November 1908 – 18 January 1993) was a German regional historian. He held the chair for Bavarian regional history at LMU Munich from 1960 until his retirement in 1977.

Bosl was elected a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 1961, a corresponding member of the Medieval Academy of America in 1970 and of the British Academy the same year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Karl Bosl FBA|url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/karl-bosl-FBA/|access-date=2021-09-04|website=The British Academy|language=en}}</ref> In 1973, he was elected a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

In 2011, his conduct during the Second World War, including his links with the Nazi government and his claims of having been a member of the German resistance, were examined in a book by Benjamin Z. Kedar and Peter Herde.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Kedar|first1=Benjamin Z.|title=A Bavarian Historian Reinvents Himself: Karl Bosl & the Third Reich|last2=Herde|first2=Peter|publisher=Magnes Press|year=2011}}</ref> He had eulogized the Nazi resistance fighter Robert Limpert at Limpert's funeral in the beginning of attempts to cover up his past association with the Nazi Party.<ref name=Haaretz>{{cite news|title=Israeli, German Researchers Expose the Nazi Past of a Prominent Historian and 'Resistance Hero'|url=https://www.haaretz.com/2011-12-16/ty-article/israeli-german-researchers-expose-the-nazi-past-of-a-prominent-historian-and-resistance-hero/0000017f-eba9-d0f7-a9ff-efed7f040000|author=Nir Hasson|date=December 16, 2011|work=Haaretz}}</ref>

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