Timothy Wernig Ryback (born February 2, 1954) is a historian and director of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague. He previously served as the Deputy-Secretary General of the Académie Diplomatique Internationale in Paris, and Director and Vice President of the Salzburg Global Seminar. Prior to this, he was a lecturer in the Concentration of History and Literature at Harvard University. Ryback has a doctorate.
Ryback has written on European history, politics and culture for numerous publications, including The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.[1] He is also author of Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life, published in 2008, which has appeared in more than 25 editions around the world. His book, The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau was a New York Times Notable Book for 2000. Ryback is also author of Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, published in 1989. He has appeared in numerous television documentaries.
His 2024 book, Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power, explores the final days of the Weimar Republic and its transformation into Nazi Germany.[2]
Selected works
Timothy W. Ryback (2024), Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power, New York: Knopf
Timothy W. Ryback (2014), Hitler's First Victims: The Quest for Justice, New York: Knopf
Timothy W. Ryback (2008), Hitler's Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life, New York: Knopf
and the transition of it to Nazi Germany.Timothy W. Ryback (1999), The Last Survivor: In Search of Martin Zaidenstadt, New York: Pantheon
