Gert Kerschbaumer

Gert Kerschbaumer is an Austrian historian and German culture scholar.
Kerschbaumer has been living in Salzburg since the 1960s. He worked in industry and studied German literature and history at the same time. In addition to research and teaching activities, he has published on the subjects of art in the National Socialism and art theft, as well as works on Stefan Zweig.

Publications

Faszination Drittes Reich. Kunst und Alltag der Kulturmetropole Salzburg. Müller, Salzburg 1988, Meister des Verwirrens. Die Geschäfte des Kunsthändlers Friedrich Welz. Czernin, Vienna 2000,

with Karl Müller: Begnadet für das Schöne. Der rot-weiss-rote Kulturkampf gegen die Moderne. Verl. für Gesellschaftskritik, Vienna 1992 Stefan Zweig. Der fliegende Salzburger. Residenz, Salzburg/Vienna 2003,
Published with "Wenn einen Augenblick die Wolken weichen". Briefwechsel 1912–1942. S. Fischer, Frankfurt 2006,