About Alexander Freund Alexander Freund is professor of History at the University of Winnipeg, where he holds the Chair in German-Canadian Studies and was a founding director of the Oral History Centre. He is the author of Oral History and Ethnic History. Books by Alexander Freund Being German Canadian History, Memory, Generations edited by Alexander Freund Beyond the Nation? Immigrants' Local Lives in Transnational Cultures by (author) Alexander Freund