abstract:Fritz Richard Stern (born February 2, 1926) is a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history, and historiography. He is a University Professor Emeritus and a former provost at New York's Columbia University.
In hisautobiography, publishedin 2006 under the title "Five Germanys Ihave Known", FritzSterndescribes the momentofhis arrival in New York's harborin 1938, a haven of freedomandsecurity.