788円 The Bavarian village of Oberammergau has staged the trial, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ nearly every decade since 1634. Each production of the Passion Play attracts hundreds of thousands, many drawn by the spiritual benefits it promises. Yet Hitler called it a convincing portrayal of t...

1,122円 This is the fascinating autobiography of Ernst Toller. Ernst Toller (1893 – 1939) was a German left-wing playwright, best known for his expressionist plays. He also famously served for six days in 1919 as the President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, later being imprisoned for his ac...

2,209円 "Eloquent, aware and scrupulous . . . a rich and instructive examination of the Cold War past." --The New York Times In 1978 a romantic young Englishman took up residence in Berlin to see what that divided city could teach him about tyranny and freedom. Fifteen years later Timothy Garton Ash--who...

7,537円 The first English-language translation of Der Weltkrieg, the German official history of the First World War. Originally produced between 1925 and 1944 using classified archival records that were destroyed in the aftermath of the Second World War, Der Weltkrieg is the untold story of Germany’s exp...

9,758円 Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history....

5,378円 The sheer intensity and violence of Germany’s twentieth centuryーthrough the end of an empire, two world wars, two democracies, and two dictatorshipsーprovide a unique opportunity to assess the power and endurance of commercial imagery in the most extreme circumstances. Selling Modernity places a...

4,705円 Since Germany became a colonial power relatively late, postcolonial theorists and histories of colonialism have thus far paid little attention to it. Uncovering Germany’s colonial legacy and imagination, Susanne Zantop reveals the significance of colonial fantasiesーa kind of colonialism without ...

427円 A fantastic and comprehensive look at the historical development of the empires of France, Germany and England, written by American author and historian Mary Platt Parmele.

620円 Linked footnotes CONTENTS (abridged list) PART I. Combat of Weissenburg (4th August) Battle of Wörth (6th August) Battle of Spicheren (6th August) Right-wheel of the German Army Battle of Colombey-Nouilly (14th August) Battle of VionvilleーMars la Tour (16th August) Battle of GravelotteーSt. Priv...

150円 Dieses Werk Julius Fickers ist eines der grundlegenden Werke zum Verständnis der Verfassung des Heiligen Römischen Reiches und der Entstehung des sogenannten Reichsfürstenstandes. Die von Ficker hierin vertretenen Thesen über den älteren und neueren Reichsfürstensta...

503円 With the on-set of the Cold War the pool of hard won knowledge gained by the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front was invaluable and had to be collected and systematically recycled to the US and British forces as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.Germans who had witnessed the events at first hand w...

4,861円 See the author featured in the "New Books in History" podcast: http://newbooksinhistory.com/2011/04/01/erik-jensen-body-by-weimar-athletes-g ender-and-german-modernity-oxford-up-2010/ In Body by Weimar, Erik N. Jensen shows how German athletes reshaped gender roles in the turbulent decade after W...