Johannes Pötz

Johannes Pötz serves as a Researcher at the University of Bonn within the Department of Modern History, part of the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History led by Prof. Dr. Friedrich Kießling. Since February 2025, he has been contributing to the research project The Reich Insurance Office during the Nazi era.

His academic qualifications include:

• Master of Education (M.Ed.) in History and Mathematics from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University Bonn (2020-2022), with a thesis titled Austria in the Spirit of 1914.

Mr. Pötz's research spans critical domains in 20th-century European history:

• Nazi Germany's administrative structures
• Austrian political history during World War I
• Social insurance systems under totalitarian regimes
• State institution evolution during political transitions
• Comparative analysis of Central European wartime experiences
• Diplomatic history of the July Crisis 1914

His current dissertation project, The Austrian August Experience, extends his master's research into Austria-Hungary's mobilization decisions at the outbreak of World War I, while the Reich Insurance Office project examines bureaucratic complicity in Nazi-era social policy.

No documented scientific awards or major grants are associated with Mr. Pötz in available sources. There is no indication of formal student supervision or leadership of independent research teams at this career stage.