Austria & Hungary 21

Originally published in 1997, Bacskai's powerful ethnography portrays the political, religious, and individual forces that came to bear on the Orthodox Jewish tradition as it struggled for survival ……続きを見る

Based on never previously explored personal accounts and archival documentation, this book examines life and death in the Theresienstadt ghetto, seen through the eyes of the Jewish victims from Denm……続きを見る

In 'The Rise and Fall of Austria or the Habsburg Empire' by John S. C. Abbott, the reader is taken on a historical journey through the the rise and fall of one of Europe's most influential empires. ……続きを見る

When I was a child on the other side of the world, Austria seemed like a magical place. My cousins sent us little presents they had made which still carried the scent of pine and fir, the intricate ……続きを見る

The vibrant, sprawling saga of Empress Maria Theresaーone of the most renowned women rulers in historyーand three of her extraordinary daughters, including Marie Antoinette, the doomed queen of Fran……続きを見る

Cleveland, Ohio, has been the U.S. hub for all things related to Hungary and Hungarians since the nineteenth century. Today, Cleveland's Hungarian community remains vibrant and continues to value an……続きを見る

Pages: 528 BITTERSWEET FREEDOM - A TRUE STORY AND MAGNIFICENTLY WRITTEN DRAMA of Human Suffering, Courage, Human Mortality, and Selfless Love and Sacrifice. Gripping, funny, sad, galvanizing. Diffic……続きを見る

„Lengyel, magyar, két jó barát” – tartja az ismert mondás, amelyet 1981-ben még a Kontroll Csoport is megénekelt. Mégis, mára szinte feledésbe merült, hogy a hetvenes évek második felétől kezdve e h……続きを見る

A Megtartó erő egy magyar-sváb iparoscsalád életét rekonstruálja. Illés Klára idős szüleivel készült izgalmas életút interjúit dokumentumok, levelek, naplóbejegyzések és visszaemlékezések egészítik ……続きを見る

Vienna’s ‘respectable’ antisemites offers a radical challenge to conventional accounts of one of the darkest periods in the city’s history: the rise of organised, politically directed antisemitism b……続きを見る

The aim of this volume is to shed light on a little known controversy about the most tragic year 1944, in Hungary: did a unit of the Hungarian army prevent the deportation of 300,000 Jewish Hungaria……続きを見る

This book is a contribution to the global history of the transfer of political ideas, as exemplified by the case of modern Ethiopia. Like many non-European nation-states, Ethiopia adopted a western ……続きを見る

15-year-old Paul makes his final decision to leave home when his Jewish friend, Eva, is taken away by the Nazis. The only way Paul can get away from home is by enrolling in a cadet school. Soon, his……続きを見る

A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year, chosen by Tom Stoppard **"A revelation."ーMarc Weingarten, Washington Post Acclaimed film director Billy Wilder’s early writingsーbrilliantly translated……続きを見る

**"An extraordinary and compelling book of reckonings." ーPhilippe Sands An extraordinary memoir of a Jewish family spanning two world wars and its flight from Nazi-occupied Austria.** Meriel Schind……続きを見る

This important critical study of the history of public art museums in Austria-Hungary explores their place in the wider history of European museums and collecting, their role as public institutions,……続きを見る

A könyv címében szereplő fiú történetéről sokan hallhattak, hiszen nagy port vert fel a közelmúltban a nyilas Zentai Károly kiadatásának ügye. Az ellene szóló vád Balázs Péter brutális meggyilkolása……続きを見る

This is the first scientific biography of Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880–1919) that is focused on analysing the process of how he became the Slovak national hero. Although he is relatively unknown i……続きを見る

In the darkness of the early morning of 3 March 1949, practically all of the Transylvanian aristocracy were arrested in their beds and loaded into lorries. That same day the Romanian Workers' Party ……続きを見る

Miksa Fenyő (1877-1972) a Hungarian writer and intellectual served as member of parliament and briefly was a member of the Hungarian cabinet. He was targeted by the Hungarian fascists and Hitler and……続きを見る

Mary Mills Patrick’s Constantinople Woman’s College was one of the most influential institutions of higher learning for women in the Middle East in the last decades of the Ottoman Empire. Patrick ar……続きを見る

Ludwig Hirschfelds charmanter feuilletonistischer Reiseführer entführt uns in das Wien der späten 1920er Jahre. Als im Sacher noch keine alleinsitzenden Frauen bedient wurden. Als es kaum Bierlokale……続きを見る

Vor 100 Jahren wurde die Tiroler Arbeiterkammer gegründet. Heute ist sie ob ihrer zahlreichen Aktivitäten und ihres Einsatzes für Arbeitnehmer*innen aus dem politischen und wirtschaftlichen Leben Ös……続きを見る

A monumental work of history that reveals the Ottoman dynasty's important role in the emergence of early modern Europe The Ottomans have long been viewed as despots who conquered through sheer milit……続きを見る

Tracing Austrian intellectual life from Maria Theresa to Hitler's annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia, this innovative book offers a precise and engaging account of Austrian intellectual histor……続きを見る

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 2022 "When the world comes to an end," Viennese writer Karl Kraus lamented in 1908, "all the big city orchestras will still be playing The Merry Widow." Viennese o……続きを見る

In the brilliant world of Vienna at the turn of the century four menーKarl Renner, Otto Bauer, Max Adler, and Friedrich Adlerーsought to develop political and economic resolutions to the racial and ……続きを見る

La Sécession viennoise est un courant artistique qui s'est épanoui en Autriche, plus particulièrement à Vienne, entre 1897 et 1905. Par convention et a posteriori, il a été rattaché à l'Art nouveau ……続きを見る

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Austrian Empire ranked third among the world's oil-producing states (surpassed only by the United States and Russia), and accounted for five percent of……続きを見る

Little known outside of Hungary, Vilmos Nagybaczoni Nagy (30 May 1884-21 June 1976) was the first Hungarian to be named "Righteous Among The Nations" by Yad Vashem. Born into a family of minor nobil……続きを見る