Gerhard P. Bassler is a German-Canadian writer and professor. He is a specialist in German and Canadian migration history.[1] His book Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador won the Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award, which is a part of the Newfoundland Book Awards.[2][3]

Life

Bassler was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1937.[4] He earned a Ph.D in European and American history from the University of Kansas.[5] He emigrated to Newfoundland in 1965.[6] Bassler was a professor of history at the Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1965 to 2002.[4] He became a professor emeritus at the Memorial University in 2003.[7]

Works

  • The German Canadians 1750-1937: Immigration, Settlement, and Culture (1986)[8]
  • The German Canadian Mosaic Today and Yesterday: Identities, Roots, and Heritage (1991)[4]
  • Sanctuary Denied: Refugees from the Third Reich and Newfoundland Immigration Policy 1906-1949 (1992)[9][10]
  • Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival (2000)[11]
  • Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador (2006)
  • Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration, 1950-1970 (2017)[7][12]
  • Develop or Perish (2017)[13][6]

Awards

  • 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador[2][3]
  • Shortlisted for the 2018 Heritage and History Book Award for Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Gerhard P. Bassler". Flanker Press | A bright spark in Newfoundland and Labrador publishing. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  2. 1 2 "Gerhard P. Bassler, Vikings to U-Boats Wins WANL Rogers Cable Non-fiction Award". McGill-Queen's University Press. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  3. 1 2 "Newfoundland and Labrador Book Awards - Previous Recipients". Atlantic Book Awards. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "Bassler, Gerhard P. | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  5. ↑ "Gerhard Bassler". www.breakwaterbooks.com. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  6. 1 2 "Writing World: Gerhard P. Bassler – Newfoundland Herald". The Newfoundland Herald. 2018-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  7. 1 2 "Q&A: New book sheds light on Newfoundland's quest for German industry, immigration". CBC News. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  8. ↑ "The German Canadians 1750-1937". Breakwater Books. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  9. ↑ "Pam Frampton: No sanctuary here". Saltwire Network. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  10. ↑ "Sanctuary denied : refugees from the Third Reich and Newfoundland immigration policy, 1906-1949 / Gerhard P. Bassler. - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  11. ↑ "Alfred Valdmanis and the politics of survival / Gerhard P. Bassler". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  12. ↑ "Gerhard Bassler gives insight into German influence on province in new book Escape Hatch". The Telegram. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  13. ↑ "Develop or Perish". Flanker Press. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
  14. ↑ "Heritage and History Book Award - 2018 Shortlist". Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
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