Franziska Zaugg (FT 2011 - FT 2014)
Licentiata philosophiae (M.A.) in Modern History and Ancient History at the University of Berne and Communication Sciences at the University of Fribourg. Several journeys in Southeastern Europe (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011). Research in the Archives of Freiburg i. Br. (Military Archive), Berlin-Lichterfelde (Bundesarchiv), Berlin (Politisches Archiv des Auswärtigen Amtes), Belgrade (Miliatry Archive), Tirana (Central Archive). Since 2010, PhD Student at the Institute of History, University of Berne, funded by the Marie Heim-Vögtlin-Program of Swiss National Science Foundation.
Title Dissertation
Albanian Muslims in the Waffen-SS: The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg"
Research Foci
History of Southeastern Europe in the Context of the Second World War, Muslim Units of the Waffen-SS, German-Italian Relations in the Balcans, Developments in Southeastern Europe from the Second World War to the 21st Century, History of the Spanish Civil War with a special Focus on the Development in Spanish-Morocco.
