About Gerhard P. Bassler
Lived 1937 – 2023 (aged 85–86). Gerhard P. Bassler was a Canadian writer and university teacher.
Gerhard P. Bassler (June 2, 1937 – March 26, 2023) was a German-Canadian writer and professor. He was a specialist in German and Canadian migration history. His book Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador won the Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award, which is a part of the Newfoundland Book Awards. Life Bassler was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1937. He earned a Ph.D in European and American history from the University of Kansas. He emigrated to Newfoundland in 1965.
Works
The German Canadians 1750-1937: Immigration, Settlement, and Culture (1986) The German Canadian Mosaic Today and Yesterday: Identities, Roots, and Heritage (1991) Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival (2000) Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador (2006) Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration, 1950-1970 (2017) Develop or Perish (2017)
Awards
2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador Shortlisted for the 2018 Heritage and History Book Award for Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration
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Who was Gerhard P. Bassler?
German-Canadian writer and professor (1937–2023)
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Gerhard P. Bassler was born in 1937 in Stuttgart.
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Gerhard P. Bassler died on 26 March 2023 in St. John's.
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Gerhard P. Bassler was a writer and university teacher.
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Gerhard P. Bassler was Canadian.
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