Prof. Sunnen received his Ph.D. in Germanic Languages & Literatures from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. Although a medievalist by virtue of his interest in Arthurian tales and their Germanic versions, he has concentrated his research and teaching on 20th-century Germany in recent years. His main interests at present revolve around the Resistance (both military and civilian) in Germany against the Nazi regime and the efforts to save refugees from war-torn Europe. He is also the faculty liaison for VMI’s exchange with Helmut-Schmidt-Universität (also known as the Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg).