Norbert Szamveber

Dr. Norbert Számvéber is a Hungarian archivist and military historian. He was born in 1975 in Budapest. He finished studies in 1999 in Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Arts, History. Since 1997 he has worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Defense Institute of Military History and Museum in Budapest, and since 2005 has been the Chief of Hungarian Military Archives. His research skills are in the field of armoured warfare during World War II and the military history of the Waffen-SS, especially...See more

Dr. Norbert Számvéber is a Hungarian archivist and military historian. He was born in 1975 in Budapest. He finished studies in 1999 in Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Arts, History. Since 1997 he has worked in the Hungarian Ministry of Defense Institute of Military History and Museum in Budapest, and since 2005 has been the Chief of Hungarian Military Archives. His research skills are in the field of armoured warfare during World War II and the military history of the Waffen-SS, especially from 1944 to 1945 in Hungary. In 2003, he successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the subject "Konrad 3 - A Tank Battle for Budapest in 1945" at the University of National Defence "Zrínyi Miklós" in Budapest. He is author and co-author of 15 books and many articles. He is married and lives in Budapest. See less