Military Historian, Author, Battlefield Guide. Historical Consultant for TV & media

Robin Schäfer is a German military historian. He has made as his specialist study area the life of the German soldier in wartime. He has acted as a historical consultant for authors and TV companies and is a regular contributor for a number of military history magazines. With his genealogical research service he has re-united families all over the world with their soldiers, helping them to understand the military careers of their forbears, and putting their lives into historical context. His first book 'Fritz and Tommy : Across the Barbed Wire', written in conjunction with Professor Peter Doyle, will be published by the History Press in October 2015.

Recent work:

Historical consultant for Plugstreet Christmas Truce Centenary Project for the Belgian Tourist Office Brussels & Wallonia in London and the United European Football Association (UEFA)

Research and television media consultant for 360 Productions

University of Antwerp: Invited Keynote Speaker : ‘Fritz & Tommy, across the barbed wire‘, with Professor Peter Doyle (University College of London), 18 and 20 June 2014

Consultant and contributor for ‘Themenwoche 1. Weltkrieg’ (WDR5 – Westblick)

Assistant Curator for ‘Empire, Faith & War’ Exhibition, Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, ( 9 July – 28 September 1914)

Research consultant for the First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme of the UCL Institute of Education and Equity (UK)

Battlefield Guide for Leger Holidays Battlefield Tours

BBC Radio (12/2014) : The Christmas Truce (click for podcast)

BBC - Historical Consultant for 'The Great War Interviews'

TV media consultant for Arrow Media 'Battle of Britain: The last of the Few' (Channel 4)