Germany
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank, et al
Listed under Anne Frank
Berlin
by David Large
Founded in the 13th century as a trading post on a windswept Prussian
plain, Berlin was something of an accidental capital. It was selected by
Chancellor Bismarck after Germany's unification in 1871, in part because
the choice of any other city - Munich, say, or Frankfurt - would have provoked
terrible regional rivalries. As it was, the rest of Germany simply looked
down on the hinterland Berliners as, in historian David Clay Large's words,
"parvenus whose civilization was hardly more substantial than the Prussian
sands on which their town was built."
The people who soon swarmed to Berlin from all over Germany - and elsewhere
in Europe - put their scorn for the city aside, and they turned it, writes
Large, "into a hothouse of modernity, a place that pursued change like
a drug." That change becomes a dominant theme as Large charts the rapid
growth of Berlin in the early 1900s from regional backwater to a leading
European center of socialist politics and the arts. Berlin's avant-garde
culture and freewheeling atmosphere made it a target of the Nazi leadership,
which put in motion grandiose schemes of social and civil engineering intended
to remake it into an imperial city the likes of which the world had never
known. Devastated, instead, by World War II and divided by the victorious
Allies for four decades afterward, Berlin was, until recently, gray and
unattractive compared with many other German cities - and, writes Large,
that suited many Germans who "harbored the conviction that Berlin, the
former Nazi capital, had no business being pretty or glamorous."
In "Berlin", David Large brings the city's recent past to life. Though
lacking the literary flair that makes Alexandra Richie's wider-ranging
history of Berlin, Faust's
Metropolis, so readable, it stands as a substantial contribution to
the historical literature. --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com
The Burgermeister's Daughter: Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German
Town
by Steven Ozment
Listed under Medieval Germany
Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers
by Filip Muller, et al
Listed under Auschwitz
A
Concise History of Germany
by Mary Fulbrook
Book Description: A Concise History of Germany provides a clear and
informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early
Middle Ages to the present day. The multi-faceted, problematic history
of the German lands has provoked a wide range of debates and differences
of interpretations. Dr. Fulbrook provides a crisp synthesis of a vast array
of historical material, and explores the interrelationships among social,
political and cultural factors in the light of scholarly controversies.
German history is renowned for its peculiarities and paradoxes. The land
of Luther, Bach and Goethe is also the land of Hitler and the Holocaust.
The "land in the center of Europe" played a pivotal role in the European
balance of power, yet never found a satisfactory identity or even stable
boundaries. For centuries, the loose framework of the "Holy Roman Empire
of the German Nation," dominated by the Austrian Habsburgs, permitted a
myriad of social and political forms and cultural traditions. With late,
rapid industrialization and unification of a Prussian-dominated "small"
Germany, domestic tensions contributed to the unleashing of two world wars
in the twentieth century. In the later twentieth century, the status of
a divided Germany has echoed, refracted, and has had implications for wider
developments and divisions across the world. Only in recent days has the
breaching of the Berlin Wall pointed the way to a new beginning in East-West
relations, an episode which forms a telling climax to Dr. Fulbrook's guide
to a 2000-year history. Mary Fulbrook received her Ph.D. from Harvard in
1979 and is the author of Piety and Politics: Religion and the Rise of
Absolutism in England, WÃśrttemberg and Prussia (CUP, 1983). She
is currently a lecturer in German History at University College, London.
Paperback from Cambridge University Press
Book Published: February, 1991 |
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The Fall of Berlin 1945
by Antony Beevor
Listed under Germany 1945
Into
That Darkness : An Examination of Conscience
by Gitta Sereny
Paperback from Vintage
Book Published: 12 January, 1983
Kaspar
Hauser: Europe's Child
by Martin Kitchen
Book Description On Whit Monday 1828, a strange youth, barely
able to speak and hardly able to walk appeared in Nuremberg. This new case
of a "wild man" excited widespread curiosity, and many prominent figures
wanted to test their pedagogical and medical theories on such a promising
subject. Who was he? Was he, as many claimed, the rightful heir to the
Grand Duchy of Baden, or was he simply an ingenious fraud? This book examines
the many ramifications of this fascinating case, and offers many insights
into the social, political and intellectual life of Biedermeier Germany.
Hardcover: 256 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.84 x
8.78 x 5.78
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; ; (October 2001)
ISBN: 0333962141
Man's
Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl, Gordon W. Allport (Preface)
(Mass Market Paperback -- January 1998)
Masters
of Death : The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust
by Richard Rhodes
(Hardcover -- May 7, 2002)
Maus a Survivors Tale: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
A Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the holocaust, suitable
for readers of all ages.
Listed under Maus - A Survivor's Tale
The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
by Robert Jay Lifton (Introduction)
Listed under Holocaust
Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
by Ian Kershaw
Listed under Hitler
Hitler: 1936-1945 Nemesis
by Ian Kershaw
Listed under Adolf Hitler
Heisenberg and the Nazi Atomic Bomb Project, 1939-1945: A Study in
German Culture
by Paul Lawrence Rose
Listed under Atomic Bomb
The Inextinguishable Symphony: A True Story of Music and Love in
Nazi Germany
by Martin Goldsmith
Listed under The Holocaust
All
but My Life
by Gerda Weissmann Klein
(Paperback -- April 1995)
The Longman Companion to Germany Since 1945 (Longman Companions to
History)
by Adrian Webb
Listed under Postwar Germany
Mad
Princes of Renaissance Germany
by H. C. Erik Midelfort
Publisher: University Press of Virginia; (January 1996)
The
German Empire, 1870-1918
by Michael Sturmer
Publisher: Modern Library; (November 7, 2000)
German
Castles and Palaces
by Uwe Albrecht
The
Last Kaiser: The Life of Wilhelm II
by Giles MacDonogh
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; (August 2001)
The
Kaiser and His Court
by John C. G. Röhl
Book Description: Within a couple of decades Kaiser Wilhelm II had
led the German Reich into World War and collapse. How did the Kaiser come
to have so much power? Using new archival sources, this book analyzes the
Kaiser and the nature of his rule. After an original character sketch of
the Kaiser, the book then examines the Kaiser's friends and favorites,
the neo-absolutist culture of the court and of Berlin society, and the
nature of his relationship with the court and with the administrative corps
in Prussia and the Reich. A final chapter reveals for the first time the
extent of the exiled Kaiser's anti-Semitism.
Paperback: 288 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x
8.96 x 6.00
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Reprint edition
(September 2003)
ISBN: 0521565049
Young
Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888
by John C. G. Rohl
Book Description
This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm
II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne
in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested
in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period. Its aim
is to set the characters on the stage and let them speak for themselves,
which in their letters and diaries the Victorians and Wilhelminians did
with quite extraordinary clarity and persuasive power. The central theme
is the bitter conflict between the handicapped Prince and his liberal parents,
and in particular with his mother, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and
Prince Albert, and the utter failure of a daring educational experiment
intended to turn the young Prince into a liberal Anglophile.
Hardcover: 1016 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.00
x 10.25 x 7.25
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; (December 1998)
ISBN: 0521497523
Kaiser Wilhelm II: Germany's Last Emperor
by John Van Der Kiste
ASIN: 0750927364
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The
Kaiser and His Times
by Michael Balfour
Paperback: 531 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.05 x 7.71 x 5.14
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company; (November 1972)
ISBN: 0393006611
Kaiser
Wilhelm II
by Christopher M. Clark
Book Description: Kaiser Wilhelm II provides a concise and analytical
examination which covers the entire span of the Kaiser's life, including
his years in exile. Wilhelm was one of the key figures in the history of
twentieth century Europe as King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888
to the collapse of Germany in 1918. Offers an analytical study of the nature
and extent of Wilhelm's political power, examines his political goals and
success in achieving them, as well as, his failings as a ruler, and explores
the collapse of Prussia's monarchy.
Paperback: 271 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.62 x
8.25 x 5.12
Publisher: Pearson Addison Wesley; 1 edition (September
11, 2000)
ISBN: 0582245591
Lola
Montez: A Life
by Bruce Seymour
Ludwig
II Of Bavaria: The Swan King
by Christopher McIntosh
Paperback: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
9.50 x 6.50
Publisher: St. Martin's Press; (January 1998)
ISBN: 1860643140
Frederick
the Great
by Theodor Schieder, Sabina Berkeley,H. M. Scott
Frederick
William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840-1861
by David E. Barclay
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich : A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Listed under Third Reich
Survival in Auschwitz : The Nazi Assault on Humanity
by Primo Levi, Stuart Woolf (Translator)
Listed under Auschwitz
The
Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness (Newly Expanded
Paperback Edition)
by Simon Wiesenthal, et al
(Paperback -- May 1, 1998)
The
Utility of Splendor: Ceremony, Social Life, and Architecture at the Court
of Bavaria, 1600-1800
by Samuel John Klingensmith
Book Description The grand palaces and princely villas of the
Bavarian Wittelsbach dynasty--Nymphenburg, Schleissheim, the vast Residenzschloss
in Munich, and others--impress visitors with their great halls and intimate
cabinets, dramatic stairhalls and seemingly endless rows of sumptuously
decorated rooms. But these dazzling residences did not exist solely to
delight the eye. In The Utility of Splendor, Samuel John Klingensmith discusses
how, over the years, successive rulers reshaped the internal spaces of
their residences to reflect changes in the elaborate ceremony that regulated
daily life at court.
Drawing on a broad range of sources, including building documents, correspondence,
diaries, and court regulations, Klingensmith investigates the intricacies
of Bavarian court practice and shows that Versailles was only one among
several influences on German palace planning. Klingensmith offers a cogent,
detailed understanding of the relations between architectural spaces and
the ceremonial, social, and private life that both required and used them.
Handsomely illustrated with photographs and plans, The Utility of Splendor
will appeal to anyone interested in how life was lived among the nobility
during the last centuries of the old regime. Samuel John Klingensmith (1949-1986)
was assistant professor of art history at Tulane University.
Hardcover: 315 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.08 x
9.85 x 8.59
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; ; (October 1993)
ISBN: 0226443302
Ludwig II of Bavaria: A King's Passion for Castles
by Rolf Toman
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