Defence date: 31 May 1997
Examining board: Prof. Dr. Miroslav Hroc, EUI ; Prof. Dr. Michael Müller, Halle (supervisor) ; Prof. Dr. Paolo Prodi, Istituto Storico Italo-Germanico Trento ; Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Reinhard, Freiburg (external supervisor) ; Prof. Dr. Luise Schorn-Schütte, Potsdam