Der fünfzehnjährige Michael lernt Hanna, eine Frau von Mitte dreißig kennen. Sie wird seine erste Liebe. Trotz gewisser Spannungen - Hanna weigert sich, über ihre Vergangenheit zu sprechen, erleben beide eine Zeit des Glücks. Dann ist Hanna verschwunden. Jahre später sieht der J…
"Henry Ford is remembered in American lore as the ultimate entrepreneur--the man who invented assembly-line manufacturing and made automobiles affordable. Largely forgotten is his side career as a publisher of antisemitic propaganda. This is the story of Ford's ownership of the …
"The Trials of Allegiance examines the law of treason during the American Revolution: a convulsive, violent civil war in which nearly everyone could be considered a traitor, either to Great Britain or to America. Drawing from extensive archival research in Pennsylvania, one of t…
"Laura Mason tells a new story about the French Revolution by exploring the trial of Gracchus Babeuf. Named by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels as the "first modern communist," Babeuf was a poor man, an autodidact, and an activist accused of conspiring to reignite the Revolution a…
One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in 1895. In this text, Merlin Holland presents the original transcript of the Wilde versus Que…
One of the most famous love affairs in literary history is that of Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Bosie Douglas. As a direct consequence of this relationship, Wilde underwent three trials in 1895. In this text, Merlin Holland presents the original transcript of the Wilde versus Que…
"On July 27, 1694, Suzanna Withall and three of her neighbors appeared before the Censors of the London College of Physicians to lodge a complaint against Dr. Joannes Groenevelt. The doctor, according to the women's testimony, had given Withall a "secret remedy" that left her be…
United States Supreme Court justices make decisions that have a profound impact on American society. Empirical legal scholars have portrayed justices as either single-minded or strategic seekers of policy, and there is little room in these theories for things like law, reputatio…
This is an illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of "importan…
by Ludz, Ursula, Weinke, Annette, Matthäus, Jürgen, Pollmann, Anna, Bilsky, Leora, Birn, Ruth Bettina, Hankel, Gerd, Hauff, Lisa, Käppner, Joachim, Safrian, Hans, Stangneth, Bettina, Winkler, Willi, Yablonka, Hanna
fromWissenschaftliche Reihe des Fritz Bauer Instituts
