Norbert H. Weber, Dr., was a professor of Educational Science / General Didactics at the University of Education and the Technical University in Berlin from 1975 to 2006. His main areas of work are political pedagogy (including German-Polish relations and education after Auschwitz) and school-based addiction pedagogy. He is a recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit for services to the promotion of German-Polish cooperation in the field of science and education.