Olof Klohr and the Rise and Fall of Scientific Atheism in East Germany

Independent researcherEva Guigo-Patzelt is a German historian and Protestant theologian specializing in the history of religion, secularization, and scientific atheism in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe. 1 Her book Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990): How to Turn a Hare into a Lion, based on her doctoral dissertation, offers a thorough historical reconstruction of the emergence and institutionalization of scientific atheism in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), foregrounding the key changes and actors that shaped its relatively brief history from the post-war formation period to the "moment of 1989".Placed in a broader historiographical context, Scientific Atheism in East Germany (1963-1990) exemplifies a significant shift in scholarly approaches to the subject.While earlier literature -such as the works of Hans-Gerhard Koch 2 1 Guigo-Patzelt currently works as a pastor in the United Protestant Church of France in the Paris region.