Karina Urbach

Urbach was a Kurt Hahn Scholar at the University of Cambridge where she took her MPhil in International Relations (1992) and her PhD in history (1996). For her German Habilitation she was awarded the Bavarian Ministry of Culture prize. She taught at the University of Bayreuth, was a Research Fellow at the German Historical Institute London (2004-2009) and thereafter at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

Urbach is a board member of the Otto-von-Bismarck Foundation.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bismarck-stiftung.de/index.php/ueber-uns|title=Über uns|website=www.bismarck-stiftung.de|language=de-de|access-date=2017-11-16}} In 2015 she became a long term visitor at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.

In 2015 Urbach took part in uncovering a 1934 film clip of a young princess Elizabeth making the Nazi salute.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/11749980/Queen-Nazi-salute-footage-could-have-been-inadvertently-released-by-Palace.html|title=Queen 'Nazi salute' footage could have been inadvertently released by Palace|journal=Daily Telegraph|last=Whitehead|first=Tom|date=2015-07-19|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/queen-elizabeth-filmed-performing-nazi-6090066|title=Queen Elizabeth filmed performing Nazi salute with uncle in 1933 footage|last=Shammas|first=John|date=2015-07-17|work=Mirror|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2015/07/19/after-controversial-queen-elizabeth-ii-video-should-royal-records-be-public-records/|title=After controversial Queen Elizabeth II video, should royal records be public records?|last=Contrera|first=Jessica|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/18/europe/uk-queen-nazi-salute-footage/index.html|title=Young Elizabeth's Nazi salute: The Sun sparks furor |author1=Laura Smith-Spark |author2=Radina Gigova|work=CNN|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/buckingham-palace-might-have-accidentally-released-elizabeth-nazi-salute-footage-2015114|title=Buckingham Palace Might Have Accidentally Released Elizabeth Nazi Salute Footage|date=2015-07-19|work=International Business Times|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-33594809|title=What is the context of the royal 'Nazi salute' film?|last=Low|first=Camila Ruz and Harry|date=2015-07-20|work=BBC News|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/british-archives-hiding-royal-familys-rife-anti-semitism-in-1930s-says-historian/|title=British archives hiding royal family's links to anti-Semitism in 1930s, says historian|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/23/what-secrets-are-hidden-in-the-british-royal-archives|title=What Secrets Are the Royal Family Hiding?|last=Grose|first=Thomas K}} She has since then been campaigning with The Times and The Guardian for the release of Interwar period material from the royal archives.{{Cite news|url=https://talkinghumanities.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2015/08/06/peeping-through-the-chinks-in-the-royal-armour/|title=Peeping through the chinks in the royal armour|date=2015-08-06|work=Talking Humanities|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/19/nazi-hitler-royal-family|title=Only with the Blitz did the royal family give up on peace with Hitler|last=Urbach|first=Karina|date=2015-07-18|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-11-16|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} In 2020 she published Das Buch Alice (Alice's Book). The story of her grandmother Alice Urbach, a Jewish chef in Vienna whose bestselling cookbook was expropriated by the Nazis. Karina Urbach discovered that Alice was not the only Jewish author who had been replaced by an ‘Aryan’ stooge. Alice never saw her book published again under her name, but in 2020 the German magazine Der Spiegel ran a story about the findings of Alice's Book. As a consequence, Alice's publishing house issued a reprint.{{Cite web|first=Eva-Maria|last=Schnurr|title=Wie Nazis einer Jüdin ihren Kochbuch-Bestseller raubten|url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/alice-urbach-wie-nazis-einer-juedin-ihren-kochbuch-bestseller-raubten-a-3c9d3c5f-443f-4a9e-97f2-0832c8d8ba8d|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.spiegel.de|language=de}}{{Cite web|title=How the Nazis stole a cookbook |date=2020-02-11|url=https://www.dw.com/en/how-the-nazis-stole-a-cookbook/a-55434703|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Deutsche Welle|language=en-GB}}{{Cite news|last=Austria|first=Sara Tor|title=Family's fight for cookbook 'Aryanised' by the Nazis|newspaper=The Times |language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/family-s-victory-over-nazi-theft-of-cookbook-g2xfnjmfs|access-date=2021-05-10|issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-17|title=Alice Urbach's Stolen Cookbook|url=https://metropole.at/alice-urbachs-stolen-cookbook/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Metropole|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=How the Nazis robbed Alice Urbach of her cookbook|url=https://forward.com/food/460791/how-the-nazis-robbed-alice-urbach-of-her-cookbook/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Forward}} The English language version of Alice's Book appeared in May 2022, published by MacLehose Press and translated by Jamie Bulloch.

Urbach has worked as historical adviser on many BBC, PBS and German TV documentaries.{{Cite web|url=http://karinaurbach.org.uk/#tv|title=Dr. Karina Urbach: Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications|last=Urbach|first=Karina|website=karinaurbach.org.uk|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7256557/|title=Karina Urbach|website=IMDb|access-date=2017-11-16}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdf.de/gesellschaft/zdf-royal/koenigliche-dynastien-die-windsors-queen-grossbritanien-100.html|title=Die Windsors|access-date=2017-11-16|language=de}} She has contributed articles to the Wall Street Journal,{{Cite news|date=2015-09-25|title=Karina Urbach|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/karina-urbach-1443211375|access-date=2021-05-10|issn=0099-9660}} The Guardian,{{Cite web|title=Karina Urbach|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/karina-urbach|access-date=2021-05-10|website=the Guardian|language=en}} The Literary Review,{{Cite web|title=Literary Review - For People Who Devour Books|url=https://literaryreview.co.uk/contributors/karina-urbach|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Literary Review|language=en}} Die Zeit,{{Cite web|title=Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.|url=https://www.zeit.de/zustimmung?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zeit.de%2Fautoren%2FU%2FKarina_Urbach%2Findex|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.zeit.de}} Die Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ){{Cite news|last=Urbach|first=Karina|title=Herzog von Edinburgh: Der letzte der idealen Gatten|language=de|work=faz.net|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/sachbuch/philip-und-elizabeth-portraet-einer-ehe-1214719.html|access-date=2021-05-10|issn=0174-4909}} and Die Tageszeitung (TAZ).{{Cite news|last=Urbach|first=Karina|date=2021-04-11|title=Tagebücher von Chips Channon: Blick in den Abgrund|language=de|work=Die Tageszeitung: taz|url=https://taz.de/!5760467/|access-date=2021-05-10|issn=0931-9085}}

In 2017 Urbach published the historical novel Cambridge 5 under the pseudonym Hannah Coler.{{Cite web|url=https://www.randomhouse.de/Autor/Hannah-Coler/p612507.rhd|title=Hannah Coler|website=www.randomhouse.de|language=de|access-date=2018-02-05}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/hannah-coler-cambridge-5-zeit-der-verraeter-spionage.1270.de.html?dram:article_id=396281|title=Hannah Coler: "Cambridge 5 - Zeit der Verräter" - Spionage-Legende Philby ist nicht der Letzte|work=Deutschlandfunk Kultur|access-date=2018-02-05|language=de-DE}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ardmediathek.de/radio/Eins-zu-Eins-Der-Talk/Karina-Urbach-Historikerin/Bayern-2/Audio-Podcast?bcastId=5926032&documentId=48819018|title=Karina Urbach, Historikerin|date=2017-12-31|language=de|access-date=2018-02-05}}{{Cite news|url=http://culturmag.de/rubriken/buecher/hannah-coler-cambridge-5-zeit-der-verra%20eter/104061|title=Hannah Coler: Cambridge 5. Zeit der Verräter - CulturMag|date=2017-11-15|work=CulturMag|access-date=2018-02-05|language=de-DE}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.focus.de/fotos/hannah-coler-ist-das-pseudonym-der-deutschen-historikerin-karina-urbach_id_7722169.html|title=Hannah Coler ist das Pseudonym der deutschen Historikerin Karina Urbach - Foto|work=Focus Online|access-date=2018-02-05|language=de}} It was shortlisted for the Friedrich Glauser prize and won the Crime Cologne Award in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.das-syndikat.com/krimipreise/krimipreise-der-autoren/debuetroman.html|title=Debütroman - Das Syndikat - Autorengruppe deutschsprachige Kriminalliteratur|last=Buranaseda|first=Nadine|website=www.das-syndikat.com|language=de-de|access-date=2018-02-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.boersenblatt.net/artikel-crime_cologne_award_2018.1525624.html|title=Crime Cologne Award 2018 / Hannah Coler gewinnt mit "Cambridge 5"|website=www.boersenblatt.net|language=de|access-date=2019-01-09}}{{Cite web|url=http://crime-cologne.eu/hannah-coler-gewinnt-crime-cologne-award-2018/|title=Hannah Coler gewinnt Crime Cologne Award 2018|last=Naumann|first=Hannah|date=2018-10-05|website=Crime Cologne|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228082303/http://crime-cologne.eu/hannah-coler-gewinnt-crime-cologne-award-2018/|archive-date=2018-12-28|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.buchmarkt.de/buecher/crime-cologne-award-2018-geht-an-hannah-coler/|title="Crime Cologne Award 2018" geht an Hannah Coler|date=2018-10-01|website=BuchMarkt|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-01-09}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mordamhellweg.de/festival/1377-viktor-crime-award-die-longlist|title=Viktor Crime Award 2018: Jury nominiert 10 AutorInnen für die Longlist - Mord am Hellweg - Europas größtes internationales Krimifestival|website=www.mordamhellweg.de|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181013014638/https://www.mordamhellweg.de/festival/1377-viktor-crime-award-die-longlist|archive-date=2018-10-13|url-status=dead}}

Urbach is the daughter of the actress Wera Frydtberg.

• Alice's Book: How the Nazis stole my grandmother's cookbook, London 2022, {{ISBN|978-1529416305}} {{Cite web|title=Alice's Book|url=https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/alices-book-how-the-nazis-stole-my,karina-urbach-jamie-bulloch-9781529416305|access-date=2021-05-10|website=www.foyles.co.uk}}
• Das Buch Alice. Wie die Nazis das Kochbuch meiner Großmutter raubten, Berlin 2020, {{ISBN|978-3549100080}} {{Cite web|title=Dr. Karina Urbach: Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications|url=http://karinaurbach.org.uk/#pub|access-date=2020-06-04|website=karinaurbach.org.uk}}
• Go Betweens for Hitler, Oxford University Press, 2015 {{Cite news|url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n06/richard-j-evans/lobbying|title=Lobbying|last=Evans|first=Richard J.|date=2016-03-17|work=London Review of Books|access-date=2017-11-16|pages=35–38|issn=0260-9592}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/world-history/former-king-wanted-england-bombed-and-anglo-german-alliance-archives-reveal#|title=What is the evidence that King Edward VIII was a Nazi sympathiser? - OpenLearn - Open University|website=www.open.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-11-16}}
• German translation: Hitlers heimliche Helfer, Darmstadt, 2016 {{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/1.4008614|title=Geheimemissäre Hitlers: Jenseits der Yellow Press|date=2016-01-18|website=faz.net|access-date=2017-11-16}}
• Queen Victoria, A Biography, C.H. Beck, Munich 2011 (third edition 2014) {{Cite web|url=http://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-16577|title=Rezension zu: K. Urbach: Queen Victoria|last=Detlev|first=Mares|website=H-Soz-Kult. Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften|language=de|access-date=2017-11-16}}
• Bismarck's Favourite Englishman. Lord Odo Russell's Mission to Berlin, Tauris Academic Press, London and New York, 1999 {{Cite web|url=http://www.history.ac.uk/reviews/review/110|title=Bismarck's Favourite Englishman: Lord Odo Russell's Mission to Berlin |website=www.history.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-11-16}}

• with Ulrich Lappenküper (eds.), Realpolitik für Europa: Bismarcks Weg, Paderborn, 2016
• with Franz Bosbach, John Davis (eds.), Common Heritage, Documents and Sources concerning German-British Relations in the Archives and Collections of Windsor and Coburg, Vol. I, 2015 , Vol. II, 2017 {{Cite web|url=http://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=21733|title=Secret Intelligence in the European States System, 1918-1989 |editor1-first=Jonathan| editor1-last=Haslam |editor2-first=Karina |editor2-last=Urbach|publisher=Stanford University Press|website=www.sup.org|language=en|access-date=2017-11-16}}
• with Jonathan Haslam (eds.), Secret Intelligence and the International Relations of Europe in the 20thC, Stanford University Press, 2013
• with Brendan Simms (eds.), Bringing Personality back in: Leadership and War. A British-German Comparison 1740-1945, Munich, 2010
• Royal Kinship. British and German Family Networks 1815-1914, Munich, 2008
• European Aristocracies and the Radical Right in the Interwar Period, Oxford University Press, 2007
• with Franz Bosbach and Keith Robbins (eds.), Birth or Talent ? The Formation of Elites in a British-German Comparison, Munich, 2003

• Cambridge 5, Limes/Random House 2017

• [https://www.ias.edu/scholars/karina-urbach Home page at IAS]
• [http://www.history.ac.uk/about/karina-urbach Home page at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London]

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