987円 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 from years of conflict, on the European continent during World War Two. It was an experience that ch...

345円 „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 Euphorie angesichts des Mauerfalls 1989 und die nachfolgende Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands. Mehr als...

11,276円 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 twelve countries, always adapting shows to make them meaningful to local audiences. Notably, Bennewitz ...

2,177円 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 events that sent it hurtling into two world wars. In 1871, Otto von Bismarck fused with "blood and iron...

7,610円 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 eastwards. Across the generations, a varied cast of German writers, artists, philosophers, diplomats,...

1,555円 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 Hitler’s life, Timothy Ryback examines the books that shaped the man and his thinking. Hitler was b...

8,258円 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 1960, the ensuing public debate in West Germany threw the poet into a major personal crisis even t...

1,691円 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 history's greatest conundrums: How did Hitler win the allegiance of ordinary Germans? The answer is as ...

8,358円 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ーworked as intelligence analysts for the Office of Strategic Services, the wartime forerunner of t...

777円 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. Since 1945 there have been more than one hundred biographies of Hitler, and countless other books on h...

1,243円 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 patriotism quickly turned to disgust, and he joined a group of conspirators who plotted to kill Ad...

599円 2 Werke von Joseph Alois Rink Deutscher Historiker und katholisch-theologischer Schriftsteller (1756-1825) Dieser Band enthält eine Sammlung von 2 Werken von Joseph Alois Rink. Ein dynamisches Inhaltsverzeichnis ermöglicht den direkten Zugriff auf die verschiedenen Abschnitte. Inhaltsverzeichnis:...