Johann Böhm (historian)

Johann Böhm (25 September 1929 in Batoș (Botsch), Mureș County, Romania – 25 December 2024 in Dinklage, Germany) was a historian.

Johann Böhm was a historian and the author of many books about the ethnic Germans in the areas of Hungary, Romania, and the former Yugoslavia in the 20th century around the period of World War II. He was born in 1929, studied History and German literature at Cluj University in the Transylvania area of Romania from 1960 until 1965; and obtained his Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Cologne in 1984. For his many rich accomplishments he was awarded the Order of Merit of Germany in 2006. He served as editor of the "Halbjahreschrift fur Sudosteuropaische Geschichte" from 1989.

His works bring a critical perspective to the rise of National Socialism among the ethnic Germans of south eastern Europe and the Balkans. His works are replete with detailed scholarship from primary sources.

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