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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Munich 1972 Munich 1972 David Clay Large "Set against the backdrop of the turbulent late 1960s and early 1970s, this compelling book offers the first comprehensive narrative history of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, notorious for the hostag… OL16135024W
The martial ethic in early modern Germany The martial ethic in early modern Germany B. Ann Tlusty "For German townsmen, life during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was characterized by a culture of arms, with urban citizenry representing the armed power of the state. This book investigate… OL16190501W
Weimar Germany Weimar Germany Paul Bookbinder The Weimar Republic, from 1919 to 1933, was a time of political violence, economic crisis, generational and gender tension, and cultural experiment and change. Despite these major issues, the Republi… OL17189130W
Dancing with imperialism Dancing with imperialism J. Smith,André Moncourt >This work includes the details of the guerilla’s operations, and its communiqués and texts, from 1978 up until the 1984 offensive. This was a period of regrouping and reorientation for the RAF, with… OL17549386W
Artists under Hitler Artists under Hitler Jonathan Petropoulos ""What are we to make of those cultural figures, many with significant international reputations, who tried to find accommodation with the Nazi regime?" Jonathan Petropoulos asks in this exploration … OL19662205W
Beyond Bach Beyond Bach Andrew Talle "Reverence for J.S. Bach's music and its towering presence in our cultural memory have long affected how people hear his works. In his own time, however, Bach stood as just another figure among a num… OL20059303W
Degeneration and Revolution Degeneration and Revolution Robert Heynen "In Degeneration and Revolution : Radical Cultural Politics and the Body in Weimar Germany Robert Heynen explores the impact of conceptions of degeneration, exemplified by eugenics and social hygiene… OL20231602W
Armenians in Hamburg Armenians in Hamburg Caroline Thon "In Germany, the Armenian diaspora has hardly been noticed by the public or by researchers. However, it is one of the oldest disaporas in the world ... This research examines specific resources and c… OL20637116W
After the Berlin Wall After the Berlin Wall Christopher Hilton On 7 May 1945, Grand Admiral Donitz, named in Hitler's will as head of state, authorised the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies. World War II in Europe was at an end. East and… OL24247036W
Hitler Hitler Rainer Zitelmann Examining the reasons why Hitler was able to gain power so quickly in Germany, Rainer Zitelmann demonstrates how the programmes set out by Hitler were seen to be right by the majority of German peopl… OL3101894W
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