Rolf Hosfeld

Rolf Hosfeld (22 June 1948 – 23 July 2021[1]) was the Academic Director of the Lepsiushaus, a Research Center for Genocide Studies in Potsdam Germany, and worked as an independent writer and historian.

After graduating the Johannes Althusius Gymnasium in Bad Berleburg, Hosfeld was trained in journalism at the newspaper Westfälische Rundschau.

He studied German language and literature, political science, modern history, and philosophy in Frankfurt and West Berlin, completing an M.A.

Hosfeld has worked as a lecturer at Free University of Berlin, editor of the reviews konsequent and omnibus, editor at a Berlin publishing house, member of the editorial board of the monthly Merian, deputy editor-in-chief of the monthly Der Feinschmecker, chief editor of the feature pages of the Hamburg weekly Die Woche, editor-in-chief of the book series Kulturverführer, and as a film and television producer in Berlin.

Hosfeld has been member of the Verband deutscher Schrifsteller (VS, the German Writers’ Union) since 1982 and has served on the board of directors of the Peter Weiss Foundation for Art and Politics since 2002.