Hermann von der Dunk

Hermann Walther von der Dunk (October 9, 1928 in Bonn – August 22, 2018 in Bilthoven) was a Dutch historian of German origin.

Von der Dunk's family fled from Nazi-Germany to the Netherlands in 1937.

As his mother was Jewish, his father could not find any work under National Socialist regime.

Later, Hermann von der Dunk visited the nearby University of Utrecht.

Much of his work focused on "modernity and anti-modern responses",[3] he wrote several monographs and regularly published articles in Dutch newspapers and journals.