Germany category: 4580 books
A Political Family
The Kuczynskis, Fascism, Espionage and The Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
The Kuczynskis were a German-Jewish family of active anti-fascists who worked assiduously to combat the rise of Nazism before and during the course of the Second World War. This book focuses on the family of Robert and his wife Berta – both born two decades before the end of the nineteenth century...
The Story of the SS
Hitler’s Infamous Legions of Death
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
'The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love - only for their fear.' -HEINRICH HIMMLER The Schutzstaffel, or SS - the brutal elite of the Nazi Party - was founded by Hitler in 1925 to be his personal bodyguard. From...
The Traveller's Guide to the German Autobahn
How to (legally) go top speed on the Autobahn
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2013
A short brochure for the visiting tourist on how to (legally) go fast on the Autobahn.
The unlimited German Autobahn network is (apart from the Nürburgring) the only legimitation for Germany's existence in any travel publication. Here is what you need to know to get the most (speed) out of your 'Bahn travels.
Showcasing the Third Reich
The Nuremberg Rallies
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
How the annual rallies in Nuremberg were organised and their importance in the rise of National Socialism in GermanyFull of then-and-now illustrations, this book is an up-to-date investigation into the notorious Nuremberg rallies and the part they played in the Nazi's quest to establish their vaunted...
by Prof. John H. Wuorinen
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Finland gained its independence from Russia in 1917 during the turmoil of the Russian Civil War, and ever since the communist leaders cast envious eyes toward their former domain; only waiting for a chance to invade. With the rise of Hitler’s Germany the face of Europe changed, agreements were reached...
The Third Reich in 100 Objects
A Material History of Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
“Insightful commentary on the tangible relics of the Third Reich . . . Tells the history of the Nazi regime from a fascinating new perspective” (Military History Monthly).
Hitler’s Third Reich is covered in countless books and films: no conflict of the twentieth century has prompted such...
The Chatter of the Visible
Montage and Narrative in Weimar Germany
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2016
The Chatter of the Visible examines the paradoxical narrative features of the photomontage aesthetics of artists associated with Dada, Constructivism, and the New Objectivity. While montage strategies have commonly been associated with the purposeful interruption of and challenge to narrative consistency...
An Emotional State
The Politics of Emotion in Postwar West German Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2015
This literary-historical study seeks to dismantle the prevailing notion that Germany, in the period following the Second World War, exhibited an “inability to mourn,” arguing that in fact this period experienced a surge of affect. Anna Parkinson examines the emotions explicitly manifested or addressed...
by Abigail Gillman
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018
Between 1780 and 1937, Jews in Germany produced numerous new translations of the Hebrew Bible into German. Intended for Jews who were trilingual, reading Yiddish, Hebrew, and German, they were meant less for religious use than to promote educational and cultural goals. Not only did translations give...
by George Eliot
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
History of German Life. "In Germany, perhaps more than in any other country, it is among the peasantry that we must look for the historical type of the national physique. In the towns this type has become so modified to express the personality of the individual that even "family likeness"...
by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, E. B. Potter
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
Here is one of the most authoritative, thoroughly documented accounts of Allied naval action in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters of World War II.
Normandy, Salerno, Operation Neptune, Morocco—this is the story of naval warfare such as the world had never before seen. TRIUMPH IN THE...
![Cover of Official History of the Royal Air Force 1935-1945 — Vol. II —Fight Avails [Illustrated Edition]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2014/august/300x300/9781782893424-VX5E_300x.jpg)
by Denis Richards, Hilary Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Includes, 20 maps/diagrams and 23 Illustrations/photos
The Royal Air Force is the oldest independent air force in the world, having gained its spurs over the trenches of Flanders in the First World War it was officially established in 1918. However it was during the Second World War that it would...
Visitors to the House of Memory
Identity and Political Education at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2017
As one of the most visited museums in Germany’s capital city, the Jewish Museum Berlin is a key site for understanding not only German-Jewish history, but also German identity in an era of unprecedented ethnic and religious diversity. Visitors to the House of Memory is an intimate exploration of...
Resistance of the Heart
Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2001
In February 1943 the Gestapo arrested approximately 10,000 Jews remaining in Berlin. Most died at Auschwitz. Two thousand of those Jews, however, had non-Jewish partners and were locked into a collection center on a street called Rosenstrasse. As news of the surprise arrest pulsed through the city,...