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Victor Damicos memoir begins in 1963 in Syracuse, New York, where he and his wife Yvonne decide that she and their three children will move to Italy with her parents while he works on a special assignment. Yvonnes Italian background, language skills, and personal connections open...

The first major study of Stresemann following declassification of his papers in the previous year. Written by Hans W. Gatzke, then a Professor at John Hopkins, who was intrigued by the enigmatic Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929), a German politician and statesman who served briefly as Chancellor in 1923...

The two Germanies, arising from the unpromising ashes of defeated Nazi Germany, came to represent opposing models of state and society. The Federal Republic established itself as a remarkably stable democracy and successful social market economy: the German Democratic Republic developed an apparently...

With the outbreak of the Korean War, the poor, rural West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the United States. In GIs and Frauleins, Maria Hohn offers a rich social history of this German-American encounter and provides...

A History of Germany and It's Army during World War 1

This book examines processes of military, political and cultural transformation from the perspective of officers in two countries: Germany and Turkey in the 1930s. The national fates of both countries interlocked during the Great War years and their close alliance dictated their joint defeat in...

A fascinating view of the “other side” in World War II, on the domestic front. Born in Berlin, Dorothea Gutzeit (1921 – 2005 ) spent her formative years in Nazi Germany and in her war-torn city. She then forged a new life in Canada. “An amazing family story of courage and immigration."...

Heidi Tworek’s innovative history reveals how, across two devastating wars, Germany attempted to build a powerful communication empire—and how the Nazis manipulated the news to rise to dominance in Europe and further their global agenda. When the news became a form of international power, it changed the course of history.

Edith Röpke, her seven siblings, and their mother have learned to be silent and live inconspicuously.... It is 1939. On the cusp of World War II, the city of Bremen holds its breath with quiet unease. For years, the Jews have been excluded from everyday life, persecuted at the hands of the...

This book discusses the early modern engagement with books that survived intentional or accidental fire in Lutheran Germany. From the 1620s until the middle of the eighteenth century, unburnt books became an attraction for princes, publishers, clergymen, and some laymen. To cope with an event that...

Behind the Scenes in Warring Germany By Edward Lyell Fox. Special Correspondent with the Kaiser's Armies and in Berlin.  Published by McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY in May, 1915

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject History Europe - Germany - National Socialism, World War II, , course: National Socialist German Women´s League Abroad, language: English, abstract: Beiträge zu Feminismus, Antisemitismus und Nationalsozialismus im 19./20. Jahrhundert:...

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The Federal Republic of Germany’s position in the European Community had been described as one of interdependence, penetration and integration. Of the three terms this research addresses itself most directly to penetration: to the links between the German political system and policy-making at the...