Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction Ulrike Meinhof and the Red Army Faction Leith Passmore "Ulrike Meinhof's entrance into the West German terrorist underground was both a footnote to the waning student movement of the late 1960s, and a preamble to the bloodiest period in Germany's post-wa… OL15936758W
A German generation A German generation Thomas August Kohut "Germans of the generation born just before the outbreak of World War I lived through a tumultuous and dramatic century. This book tells the story of their lives and, in so doing, offers a new histor… OL15941942W
Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914 Nationalism and the reshaping of urban communities in Europe, 1848-1914 William Whyte "This book brings together a distinguished group of historians to explore the previously neglected relationship between nationalism and urban history. It reveals the contrasting experiences of nation… OL16134389W
Weimar film and modern Jewish identity Weimar film and modern Jewish identity Ofer Ashkenazi "This book argues that Weimar genre film was a site where the complexities and challenges of Jewish identity were envisioned and negotiated. In reading popular films of the Weimar Republic as candid … OL16152493W
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
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
Hitler--films from Germany Hitler--films from Germany Karolin Machtans,Martin Ruehl "The first book-length study to critically examine the recent wave of Hitler biopics in German cinema and television. A group of international experts discuss films like Downfall in the context of ea… OL16681619W
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
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
Hitler's monsters Hitler's monsters Eric Kurlander "The definitive history of the supernatural in Nazi Germany, exploring the occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by the Third Reich in the service of power. The Nazi fascination… OL19670623W
Grey wolves Grey wolves Philip Kaplan "In the early years of the Second World War, the elite force of German submariners known as the Ubootwaffe came perilously close to perfecting the underwater battle tactics and successfully cutting B… OL19979396W
Bambi's Jewish roots and other essays on German-Jewish culture Bambi's Jewish roots and other essays on German-Jewish culture Paul Reitter "Paul Reitter's scholarship on German-Jewish culture has won acclaim in both specialized journals and forums like the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, Bookforum, and the TLS, whi… OL20030488W
Consumption and Violence Consumption and Violence Alexander Sedlmaier Combining the tools of political, social, cultural, and intellectual history, Consumption and Violence: Radical Protest in Cold-War West Germany explores strategies of legitimization developed by adv… OL20930473W
Alan Turing Alan Turing Andrew Hodges Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983) is a biography of the British mathematician, codebreaker, and early computer scientist, Alan Turing (1912–1954) by Andrew Hodges. The book covers Alan Turing's life and… OL61215W