This is a book about Germans and Jews, about power and money. It is a book focused on Bismarck and Bleichröder, Junker and Jew, statesman and banker, collaborators for over thirty years. The setting is that of a Germany where two worlds clashed: the new world of capitalism and a…
"Following the formation of the German National Socialist Party in the 1920s, various forms of sound (popular music, voice, noise and silence) and media technology (radio and loudspeaker systems) were configured as useful to the party's political programme. Focusing on the urban…
This account of German history from 1800 to the present reveals its continuities and changes. It examines Germany's social, political, and economic history, featuring extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender. This revised edition i…
This account of German history from 1800 to the present reveals its continuities and changes. It examines Germany's social, political, and economic history, featuring extended coverage of German social change and modernization, class, religion, and gender. This revised edition i…
Having been in the doldrums since the 1980s. German language cinema is again attracting attention at home and abroad with now regualr Oscar nominations and wins for the linkes of 'Downfall' and 'The lives of others', as well as attention at all the main international festivals. …
Een jong begaafde letterkundige weet zijn weg niet meer te vinden in de volkomen ontredderde toestand van Duitsland na de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Oorspronkelijke versie van de roman 'Fabian'.
"In Contested Rituals, Robin Judd shows that circumcision and kosher butchering became focal points of political struggle among the German state, its municipal governments, Jews, and Gentiles. In 1843, some German-Jewish fathers refused to circumcise their sons, prompting their …
In Contested Rituals, Robin Judd shows that circumcision and kosher butchering became focal points of political struggle among the German state, its municipal governments, Jews, and Gentiles. In 1843, some German-Jewish fathers refused to circumcise their sons, prompting their J…
Hitler and Stalin -- The Soviet famines -- Class terror -- National terror -- Molotov-Ribbentrop Europe -- The economics of apocalypse -- Final solution -- Holocaust and revenge -- The Nazi death factories -- Resistance and incineration -- Ethnic cleansings -- Stalinist antisemi…