Eric D. Weitz
Eric David Weitz was a professor of history at City University of New York, and the author of several books.
Education
Of Jewish origin, he studied at Boston University for his MA, and received his PhD supervised by Norman Naimark. His dissertation was "Conflict in the Ruhr: Workers and Socialist Politics in Essen, 1910–1925".Themes of research and writing
Weitz specialized in German history, Soviet history, and genocide studies.According to historian Sarah K. Danielsson, Weitz's historical "work on genocide had always grappled with the root causes of mass violence and extermination, and it led him to look at the history of human rights."
He edited "Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity” at Princeton University Press.