Gerhard P. Bassler is a German-Canadian writer and professor. He is a specialist in German and Canadian migration history. His book Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador won the Rogers Cable Non-Fiction Award, which is a part of the Newfoundland Book Awards. Life Bassler was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1937. He earned a Ph.D in European and American history from the University of Kansas. He emigrated to Newfoundland in 1965. Bassler was a professor of history at the Memorial University of Newfoundland from 1965 to 2002. He became a professor emeritus at the Memorial University in 2003. Works The German Canadians 1750-1937: Immigration, Settlement, and Culture (1986) The German Canadian Mosaic Today and Yesterday: Identities, Roots, and Heritage (1991) Sanctuary Denied: Refugees from the Third Reich and Newfoundland Immigration Policy 1906-1949 (1992) Alfred Valdmanis and the Politics of Survival (2000) Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador (2006) Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration, 1950-1970 (2017) Develop or Perish (2017) Awards 2007 Newfoundland and Labrador Book Award for Vikings to U-Boats: the German Experience in Newfoundland and Labrador Shortlisted for the 2018 Heritage and History Book Award for Escape Hatch: Newfoundland's Quest for German Industry and Immigration References Living people University of Kansas alumni Memorial University of Newfoundland faculty 1937 births Writers from Stuttgart