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Karner, StefanKarner, Stefan, b. St. Jakob bei Völkermarkt, Carinthia, Dec. 18, 1952, historian. Studied history and Slavic languages and literature at the University of Graz, where he became a teaching assistant in 1977 and was appointed professor in 1993. Since that year also head of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on War Consequences (Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Kriegsfolgen-Forschung) in Graz and Vienna, since 1995 Austrian representative in the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance and since 1997 Austrian representative (with P. Pelinka) in the EU's European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia in Vienna. Among his research interests are the history of National Socialism and the fate of Austrian prisoners of war as reflected in Soviet archives. Works: Die Steiermark im Dritten Reich, 1986; Als Mitteleuropa zerbrach, 1990; Gefangen in Rußland, 1995; Beuteakten aus Österreich, 1996 (with G. Jagschitz); Im Archipel GUPVI. Kriegsgefangenschaft und Internierung in der Sowjetunion 1941-1956, 1995; Die deutschsprachige Volksgruppe in Slowenien, 1998; Die Steiermark. im 20. Jahrhundert, 2000.
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