Fem familier, en tysk, to engelske, en russisk og en amerikansk, følges gennem optakten til og under 2.verdenskrig. Flere af medlemmerne deltager i krigen og i den spanske borgerkrig, andre færdes tæt på magtens centrum, og således fortælles verdenshistorien gennem deres skæbner…
In 1933 the German Zionist Federation sought Hitler s patronage: "Zionism hopes to be able to win the collaboration even of a government fundamentally hostile to Jews. . . . Boycott propaganda . . . currently being carried on against Germany . . . is in essence un-Zionist." Zion…
"The early twentieth century in Italy was a crucial period in its history. This book surveys all the important issues and topics of the period including the origins and rise of Fascism, Mussolini as Prime Minister and dictator, the totalitarian state, foreign policy and the Seco…
Contains autobiographies written by women who experienced Nazism from different perspectives: Elfriede Brüning, Hilde Huppert, Greta Kuckhoff, Elisabeth Langgässer, Melita Maschmann, Inge Scholl and Grete Weil. This book examines autobiography as a form of writing at the centre …
Sadam Hussein er ikke nogen almindelig diktator, og forholdene i Irak kan bedst sammenlignes med de fascistiske systemer, Europa rummede så mange af i 1930'erne - i en særlig mellemøstlig aftapning: Baath-partiet.
Just two weeks before his death in January 1999, George L. Mosse, one of this century's great historians, finished writing his memoir, a fascinating and fluent account of a remarkable life that spanned three continents and many of the major events of the twentieth century. Writi…
This book examines the relationship between coloniser and colonised among the Italian-held Dodecanese Islands between 1912 and 1943, and is based on an oral history project conducted between 1990 and 1995. Italian power is described as having been negotiated, resisted and modifi…
