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The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years,……続きを見る

Im Jahre 1857 schrieb Julius Ficker über den damals neu aufgefunden Deutschenspiegel und wies nach, dass dieser das Mittelglied zwischen dem Sachsenspiegel und dem Schwabenspiegel darstellt. Als ein……続きを見る

In December 1944, the German Army launched an attack through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium that aimed to seize the port of Antwerp and cut the Allied supply lines, hoping to force the Western Allie……続きを見る

Inhaltsübersicht Geleitwort des Herausgebers Wesen und Ziel des Krieges Kriegskunst und Theorie Kriegerische Tugenden. Heer und Feldherr Kriegsplan. Numerische Überlegenheit. Friktion im Kriege. Ung……続きを見る

I. Die Jugend Mozarts. Der Vater dieses außerordentlichen Genies, Leopold Mozart, war der Sohn eines Buchbinders zu Augsburg; er studirte zu Salzburg, und kam im Jahre 1743 als Hofmusikus in die für……続きを見る

Two titans of twentieth-century thought: their lives, loves, ideas, and politics. Shaking up the content and method by which generations of students had studied Western philosophy, Martin Heidegger ……続きを見る

Analyzes the German role in Central American domestic and international relations Using previously untapped resources including private collections, the records of cultural institutions, and federal……続きを見る

Its quite likely that your thinking has been influenced at one point or another by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, or at least someone who was influenced by Nietzsche. Nietzsche (1844-1900) was one of ……続きを見る

By the 1930s over two-thirds of Germans lived in towns and cities, and those who did not found themselves inexorably affected by the ever-growing urban vortex. The German Urban Experience 1900 - 194……続きを見る

The Spanish Civil War was one of the pivotal events of the 1930’s, the moment when fascism and socialism came into open conflict. First published in 1939, The Spanish Tragedy recounts the experience……続きを見る

Childhood in postwar Germany was a far different experience, than what to have today, in our modern and materialistic society. Few of us today, realize or can imagine the suffering which resulted f……続きを見る

„Heute weiß ich, wie naiv diese Vorstellungen waren und wie trügerisch unsere Hoffnungen, denn die Axt war längst an die Wurzel gelegt“, schreibt Frank W. Haubold im Rückblick auf die allgemeine Eu……続きを見る

Fritz Bennewitz (1926-1995) was the director-in-chief of East Germany's Weimar National Theatre. Extraordinary in his capacity for cultural and linguistic adjustment, he directed productions in twel……続きを見る

In The German Empire, one of Europe's great historians and men of letters chronicles one of history's most fateful transformations--Germany's rise from new nation to prime mover in the chain of even……続きを見る

Over the last two centuries and indeed up to the present day, Eastern Europe's lands and peoples have conjured up a complex mixture of fascination, anxiety, promise, and peril for Germans looking ea……続きを見る

A Washington Post Notable Book With a new chapter on eugenicist Madison Grant’s The Passing of the Great Race In this brilliant and original exploration of some of the formative influences in Adolf ……続きを見る

Examines the responses of German Jewish writers to the geographical and cultural displacement that is one of the lasting consequences of the Holocaust. When Paul Celan was charged with plagiarism in……続きを見る

A stunning account of the economic workings of the Third Reichーand the reasons ordinary Germans supported the Nazi state In this groundbreaking book, historian Götz Aly addresses one of modern hist……続きを見る

A groundbreaking book that gathers key wartime intelligence reports During the Second World War, three prominent members of the Frankfurt SchoolーFranz Neumann, Herbert Marcuse, and Otto Kirchheimer……続きを見る

In this brilliant, strikingly original book, historian John Lukacs delves to the core of Adolf Hitler's life and mind by examining him through the lenses of his surprisingly diverse biographers. Sin……続きを見る

When the Second World War broke out, Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, then 25-years-old, fought enthusiastically for Germany as a cavalry officer. But after discovering Nazi crimes, von Boeselager’s……続きを見る

W.G. Sebald completed this extraordinary and important -- and already controversial -- book before his untimely death in December 2001. On the Natural History of Destruction is W.G. Sebald’s harrowi……続きを見る

This fascinating collection of Allied reports focusing on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in Russia is drawn from a variety of wartime sources. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author a……続きを見る

In June 1961, Nikita Khrushchev called Berlin "the most dangerous place on earth." He knew what he was talking about. Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berli……続きを見る

The German Empire was founded in January 1871 not only on the basis of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's 'blood and iron' policy but also with the support of liberal nationalists. Under Bismarck and Ka……続きを見る

Some 37,000 soldiers from six German principalities, collectively remembered as Hessians, entered service as British auxiliaries in the American War of Independence. At times, they constituted a thi……続きを見る

It was easy for the German machine-gunners to concentrate their fire on the ramp of a landing craft as it hit the shore. Inside the landing craft, the assault troops would hear the bullets bouncing ……続きを見る

In the first part of the book, Professor Kolb provides a clear historical narrative of the political, social, economic and cultural developments of the Weimar Republic, setting it within the interna……続きを見る

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through the late 1930s, the West Bohemian spa towns of Carlsbad, Franzensbad, and Marienbad were fashionable destinations for visitors wishing to "tak……続きを見る

Prophets Without Honour: Freud, Kafka, Einstein, and Their World by Frederic V. Grunfeld (with an introduction by Michael Brenner; 134,000 words, 16 illustrations) Prophets Without Honour is a colle……続きを見る