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# Fritz Stern

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Fritz Richard Stern was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history and historiography. He was a University Professor and a provost at New York's Columbia University. His work focused on the complex relationships between Germans and Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries and on t

##  Quotes by Fritz Stern

> [ \[T\]he historian must serve two masters, the past and the present. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-stern/t-he-historian-must-serve-two-masters-the-past-and-the-present/)

Fritz Stern

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> [Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fritz-stern/life-and-study-have-persuaded-me-of-the-openness-of-history-there-is/)

Fritz Stern

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