[2][3][4] He studied at Boston University for his MA, and received his PhD supervised by Norman Naimark.
[5] His dissertation was "Conflict in the Ruhr: Workers and Socialist Politics in Essen, 1910–1925".
[5][7] 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.
[5][8] Eric Weitz joined a number of scholars in condemning Donald Trump in 2016.
[5] He compared Donald Trump's right-wing populism to the political atmosphere in the Weimar Republic.