Germany 10

Bernhard Rieger reveals how a car commissioned by Hitler and designed by Ferdinand Porsche became a global commodity on a par with Coca-Cola. The Beetle's success hinged on its uncanny ability to ca……続きを見る

From the late eighteenth century, Germans increasingly identified the fate of their nation with that of their woodlands. A variety of groups soon mobilized the 'German forest' as a national symbol, ……続きを見る

From the Explaining History series, this is a new ebook for students of Germany history designed to dispel the six most pervasive myths about the Third Reich and help students get to grips with the ……続きを見る

The Nazis never won a majority in free elections, but soon after Hitler took power most people turned away from democracy and backed the Nazi regime. Hitler won growing support even as he establishe……続きを見る

Account Rendered: A Dossier on my Former Self by Melita Maschmann (translated from the German by Geoffrey Strachan, with a new introduction and an afterword by Marianne Schweitzer Burkenroad with He……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS I HOW I BECAME A SECRET AGENT II THE MAKING OF A SECRET AGENT III INTO THE EAST IV AT THE SUBLIME PORTE V THE GRAND DUKE'S LETTER VI THE INT……続きを見る

In dieser Arbeit erläutert und analysiert der deutsche Historiker Karl Zeumer die Entstehungsgeschichte und die Bedeutung des wohl berühmtesten Gesetzes des deutschen Mittelalters: Der Goldenen Bull……続きを見る

Offering a dynamic and wide-ranging examination of the key issues at the heart of the study of German Fascism, Nazism as Fascism brings together a selection of Geoff Eley’s most important writings o……続きを見る

An ordinary German soldier’s letters home from Poland and Russia during World War II Reluctant Accomplice is a volume of the wartime letters of Dr. Konrad Jarausch, a German high-school teacher of r……続きを見る

What was life really like for East Germans, effectively imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain? The headline stories of Cold War spies and surveillance by the secret police, of political repression and ……続きを見る

The endless attempts over the past half century, by historians, journalists and producers of television documentaries to demystify the Kennedy administration have generally failed. To this day, John……続きを見る

As a child, Inga Markovits dreamt of stealing and reading every letter contained in a mailbox at a busy intersection of her town in order to learn what life is all about. When, decades later, workin……続きを見る

If you wanted to buy a top-quality condom in prewar Germany, you bought Fromms Act, the first brand name condom and still a leading brand in the German market. The man behind this "pure German quali……続きを見る

Inhaltsverzeichnis Erster Teil: Mädchenjahre Vorwort Kapitel 1827–1835. Das achte Kind. Pfaff und Rückert. Damajanti. Drei Ehen. Aurora. Horoskop. Wesen der Eltern. Die vier »Pfaffsbuben«. Heimatbo……続きを見る

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Index CONTENTS Apologia I. Introductory II. The Rhine Cities and Towns III. The Church in Germany IV. Some Characteristics of R……続きを見る

It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally ……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive study of the most famous and spectacular instance of inflation in modern industrial society--that in Germany during and following World War I. A broad, probing nar……続きを見る

Listen, Hans by Dorothy Thompson (72,000 words) In the spring of 1942 Dorothy Thompson began broadcasting to Germany via shortwave radio in an anti-Nazi propaganda campaign commissioned by CBS. The……続きを見る

In this pamphlet Margaret Shennan surveys the rise of Prussia from the early seventeenth century to 1740, highlighting and evaluating the role of its rulers, in particular of Frederick William I, th……続きを見る

This edition features Table of Contents CONTENTS Preface CHAPTER I. THE COLONIES. HISTORY AND LOCATION. The First Settlers COLONIZATION IN INDIVIDUAL STATES. Introductory Remarks Bahia Minas Geraes ……続きを見る

In tracing the history of Darwin’s accomplishment and the trajectory of evolutionary theory during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, most scholars agree that Darwin introduced blind……続きを見る

Hitler and Nazism is an essential introduction to a notorious figure and crucial theme in modern European history. Focusing on the key themes of Nazi domestic policy, this book draws together the re……続きを見る

The international bestselling record of a German Jew in Nazi Germany. 'Deserves to stand beside the diary of Anne Frank as a day-to-day description of the sufferings of the victims of Hitler's evil ……続きを見る

Der Frankfurter Flughafen ist Deutschlands größte Drehscheibe der Luftverkehr und mit eine Entwicklung der vor hundret Jahren began, auch eine sehr Interessante. Auf den Messe Gelände in Frankfurt, ……続きを見る

Why do aircraft fly? How do their wings support them? In the early years of aviation, there was an intense dispute between British and German experts over the question of why and how an aircraft win……続きを見る

From Dennis Showalter, recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize and the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement, a fascinating account of Nazi Germany's armored forces during World War……続きを見る

This is the fascinating account of the massive German attack on Soviet Russia and the fierce fighting which took place from 1941 to October 1942. It was first published as part of the German Report ……続きを見る

This is a lucid and well-structured text dealing with key issues in international affairs from the period of German unification to the aftermath of World War I. It: * Provides excellent explanation ……続きを見る

Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd be……続きを見る