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'''Timothy Wernig Ryback''' (born February 2, 1954) is a historian and director of the [[Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation]] in [[The Hague]]. He previously served as the Deputy-Secretary General of the [[Académie Diplomatique Internationale]] in Paris, and Director and Vice President of the [[Salzburg Global Seminar]]. Prior to this, he was a lecturer in the Concentration of History and Literature at [[Harvard University]]. Ryback has a doctorate from Harvard.{{r|ihjr}}

Ryback has written on European history, politics and culture for numerous publications, including ''[[The Atlantic Monthly]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name="ihjr">{{Cite web |url=https://ihjr.org/index.php/ihjr-team/ |title=IHJR Team (brief biography) |website=Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation}}</ref> He is also author of ''Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life'', published in 2008, which has appeared in more than 25 editions around the world. His book, ''The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau'' was a New York Times Notable Book for 2000. Ryback is also author of ''Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union'', published in 1989. He has appeared in numerous television documentaries.

His 2024 book, ''Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power'', explores the final days of the [[Weimar Republic]] and its transformation into [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 August 2024 |title=We enjoyed reading these books on holiday. You might, too |url=https://www.economist.com/culture/2024/08/02/we-enjoyed-reading-these-books-on-holiday-you-might-too |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The Economist |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

== Selected works ==
* {{citation|author=Timothy W. Ryback|title=Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power|location=New York|publisher=Knopf|year=2024}}
* {{citation|author=Timothy W. Ryback|title=Hitler's First Victims: The Quest for Justice|location=New York|publisher=Knopf|year=2014}}
* {{citation|author=Timothy W. Ryback|title=Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life|location=New York|publisher=Knopf|year=2008}}
* {{citation|author=Timothy W. Ryback|title=The Last Survivor: In Search of Martin Zaidenstadt|location=New York|publisher=Pantheon|year=1999}}
* {{cite book|author=Timothy W. Ryback|title=Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union |url=https://archive.org/details/rockaroundblochi00ryba|url-access=registration|publisher=Oxford University Press|place=New York|year=1990|ISBN=0-19-505633-7}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-W.-Ryback/e/B001H6ME9G?ref=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000 Books By Timothy W. Ryback]</ref>

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