Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Defying Hitler Defying Hitler Sebastian Haffner Written in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner's memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. Covering 19… OL15338807W
Eva Braun Eva Braun Heike B. Görtemaker Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler were together for fourteen years, a relationship that ended only with their marriage and double suicide in Berlin. Braun was obsessed with sport, fashion, photography and f… OL16808914W
The Evolution of Blitzkrieg Tactics The Evolution of Blitzkrieg Tactics Robert M. Citino This study provides a tactical, strategic, and operational view of the interwar German army as a fighting organization. The book describes in detail the process by which the Reichswehr attempted the … OL1814698W
The mystery of Olga Chekhova The mystery of Olga Chekhova Antony Beevor Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin… OL1881621W
1924 1924 Peter Ross Range Adolf Hitler spent 1924 away from society and surrounded by co-conspirators of the failed Beer Hall Putsch. Behind bars in a prison near Munich, Hitler passed the year with deep reading and intensive… OL19662830W
The trial of Adolf Hitler The trial of Adolf Hitler David King xxi, 455 pages : 25 cm OL20056066W
The British in Interwar Germany The British in Interwar Germany David G. Williamson xxi, 337 pages : 25 cm OL20583500W
History of Germany, 1918-2000 History of Germany, 1918-2000 Mary Fulbrook "Traces the dramatic social, cultural and political tensions in Germany since 1918... from the self-destructive Weimar Republic, through the extremes of genocide and military aggression in the Nazi e… OL23520398W
Germany after the First World War Germany after the First World War Richard Bessel This is a social history of Germany in the years following the First World War. Germany's defeat and the subsequent demobilization of her armies had enormous economic, social, and psychological conse… OL4311925W
Hitler's stormtroopers and the attack on the German Republic, 1919-1933 Hitler's stormtroopers and the attack on the German Republic, 1919-1933 Otis C. Mitchell "This book concentrates particularly on the Nazi Party and its growth during the years of the Weimar Republic, examining the paramilitary presence in Germany and Bavaria after World War I. The book f… OL4957709W
Women and Modernity in Weimar Germany Women and Modernity in Weimar Germany Vibeke R. Petersen "This book focuses on the popular fiction of Weimar Germany and explores the relationship between women, the texts they read, and the society in which they lived. A complex picture emerges that shows… OL8919452W