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Hildegard of Bingen Hildegard of Bingen Fiona Maddocks Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her c… OL11609492W
The secret diaries of Hitler's doctor The secret diaries of Hitler's doctor Theodor Gilbert Morell Written by Bernie Weisz Historian June 8, 2010 Pembroke Pines, Florida e mail: [email protected] Title of Review: "Satan's" Doctor" David Irving's book, ""The Secret Dairies of Hitler's Doctor" was… OL127983W
Dichter leben Dichter leben Frederik Hetmann,Harald Tondern,Ingrid Röbbelen Lernen? Geht doch. Mit der »etwas anderen« Literaturgeschichte. Eine Geschichte der deutschsprachigen Literatur mit Viten, Lesevorschlägen und Besichtigungstipps. Wie waren die Dichter eigentlich… OL15010158W
Valkyrie Valkyrie Boeselager, Philipp Leopold Antonius Hubertus Freiherr von Follows Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager and his fellow officers as they begin to understand the horrors perpetrated by the Third Reich and decide that they must assassinate the Führer. OL15416557W
Hunting Eichmann Hunting Eichmann Neal Bascomb When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of the Third Reich, Adolf Eichmann, the operational manager of the Final Solution, shed his SS uniform and vanished. Bringing him to justice would requ… OL15720273W
Hitler's Hangman Hitler's Hangman Robert Gerwarth "Reinhard Heydrich is widely recognized as one of the great iconic villains of the twentieth century, an appalling figure even within the context of the Nazi leadership. Chief of the Nazi Criminal Po… OL16450810W
From Germany to Germany From Germany to Germany Günter Grass "In January 1990, just months after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Gunter Grass made two New Year's resolutions: the first was to travel extensively in the newly united country and the second was to ke… OL16607524W
The diarium of Magister Johannes Kelpius The diarium of Magister Johannes Kelpius John Kelpius "An English translation, originally published by the Pennsylvania German Society in 1917, of the diary of radical German Pietist Johannes Kelpius (1667-1708). Includes facsimile pages of his prayer b… OL16714544W
The faithful executioner The faithful executioner Joel F. Harrington "The extraordinary story of a Renaissance-era executioner and his world, based on a rare and overlooked journal In the late 1500s a Nuremberg man named Frantz Schmidt began to do something utterly r… OL16726859W
Hitler's First Victims Hitler's First Victims Timothy W. Ryback The remarkable story of Josef Hartinger, the German prosecutor who risked everything to bring to justice the first killers of the Holocaust and whose efforts would play a key role in the Nuremberg tr… OL17047853W
Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859-1941 Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1859-1941 John C. G. Röhl Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) is on e of the most fascinating figures in European history, ruling Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the Firs… OL17201459W
Born in the Big Rains Born in the Big Rains Fadumo Korn,Sabine Eichhorst Fadumo's childhood ends at seven when an "excisor" cuts out her "impurity", i.e., she undergoes FGM. Beset with infections, she moves in with her uncle, brother of Somalia's president. Eventually in … OL17633551W
Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands Playing the Bass with Three Left Hands Will Carruthers vi, 302 pages ; 20 cm OL17974581W
My father's keeper My father's keeper Norbert Lebert,Stephan Lebert In 1959 German journalist Norbert Lebert interviewed children of prominent Nazis: Hess, Bormann, Goring, Himmler, Baldur von Schirach (Hitler Youth creator) & Hans Frank (governor of Poland). Not kno… OL18173773W
Gustav Landauer im Gespräch Gustav Landauer im Gespräch Gert Mattenklott,Hanna Delf von Wolzogen The writer Gustav Landauer (1870–1919) is one of the figures of political and literary life around the turn of the century whose importance for German-Jewish modernism has been largely neglected. Ana… OL19046174W
Hitler (Profiles in Power) Hitler (Profiles in Power) Ian Kershaw Hailed as the most compelling biography of the German dictator yet written, Ian Kershaw's Hitler brings us closer than ever before to the heart of its subject's immense darkness. From his illegitimat… OL1924195W
Swansong 1945 Swansong 1945 Shaun Whiteside,Walter Kempowski Chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's birthday on April 20… OL19665749W
Max Max Markus Orths Das Panorama einer wahnwitzigen Zeit. Und mittendrin: Max Ernst. Er kämpft gegen die Verrücktheit einer Welt, die aus den Fugen gerät. Er flieht vor dem wilhelminischen Vater, später vor dem National… OL19731471W
The richest man who ever lived The richest man who ever lived Greg Steinmetz "The life and times of the wealthiest man who ever lived--Jacob Fugger--the Renaissance banker who revolutionized the art of making money and established the radical idea of pursuing wealth for its o… OL20009401W
Beyond uncertainty Beyond uncertainty David C. Cassidy Since the fall of the Soviet Union, long-suppressed information has emerged on Heisenberg’s role in the Nazi atomic bomb project. In *Beyond Uncertainty*, Cassidy interprets this and other previously… OL2005976W
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