Jeff Rutherford

@jeffcrutherford.bsky.social

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Historian of Modern Germany, the Second World War, and the German Army. Research focus on the German army's ideological, operational, and economic war against the Soviet Union. Teaches at Xavier University. Hook'em.

A playlist of hard rock bands from the 1970s to the present.
Book cover for The German-Soviet War
Dachau memorial that reads: “May the example of those who were exterminated here between 1939-1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defense of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow man.”
30% off coupon for edited volume The German-Soviet War.
Link to a 30% discount on the edited volume The German-Soviet War: Combat, Occupation, and Legacies.
Book cover for The German-Soviet War: Combat, Occupation, and Legacies showing four German soldiers walking through the ruins of a Soviet town.
A book cover showing four German soldiers passing through the ruins of a devastated Soviet town in spring 1942. It's from the book "The German-Soviet War: Combat, Occupation, and Legacies."
Dinosaurs believe in Mookie Wilson
"I remember that guy" baseball cards at a restaurant in Wheeling, WV.
A shelf of books on the German army and the eastern front.
A collection of books on the Eastern Front in the Second World War.
A SS helmeted loser on his motorcycle.
Yngwie who?
Low level fog in the Ohio Valley amidst the colors of fall in West Virginia.
A German Shepherd/Akita mix sitting on the floor wearing a blue tutu.