Andreas Kossert is a historian and author. From 2001 to 2009, he was a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Warsaw. Since 2010, he has worked in the Documentation and Research Department of the Foundation Flight, Expulsion, Reconciliation (SFVV) in Berlin. He became widely known for his books on Masuria (2001) and East Prussia (2005), as well as the bestseller «Kalte Heimat: Die Geschichte der deutschen Vertriebenen nach 1945» (2008, tr.: «Kalte Heimat: The History of German Expellees after 1945»). In 2020, he published the highly acclaimed book «Flucht. Eine Menschheitsgeschichte» (tr.: «Flight: A History of Humanity»). In 2026 his most personal book to date, «Elsas Welt» (tr.: «Elsa’s World»), will be released. His work has received numerous awards, including the Georg Dehio Book Prize (2008), the NDR Kultur Non-Fiction Book Prize (2020), and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung «The Political Book Prize» (2021). Andreas Kossert lives in Berlin.
Last update: 2026
