Sebastian Haffner

Sebastian Haffner, whose real name was Raimund Pretzel, was born in Berlin in 1907. He studied law and earned a doctorate in jurisprudence. In 1938 he emigrated to England, where he worked as a journalist and wrote for the Observer. He returned to Germany in 1954 and later contributed to Die Welt and Stern. He became a prominent German publicist through historical works such as Defying Hitler: A Memoir and Anmerkungen zu Hitler. His memoir Geschichte eines Deutschen was written in exile in London and published posthumously. Haffner died in 1999.