Using evidence from contemporary printed images, Smith examines the attitudes of Christian Europe to the Ottoman empire and to Islam. Conflicting feelings of fascination and fear among individuals reflect wider societal issues within the changing social, political and religious …
This title examines the immediate effects of Hitler's aggression towards the Scandinavian countries as well as the long-term legacies of Hitler's expansion and reach into Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland
The murder of revolutionary icons Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in the pitched political battles of post-WWI Germany marks one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century. The author has reconstructed the events on that fateful night, digging deep into the archives to ide…
'Hitler's Girls' is not just another Hitler Youth history book. Concentrating purely on the role of German girls in Hitler's Third Reich, we learn of their home lives, schooling, exploitation and eventual militarisation from first-hand accounts of women who were indoctrinated in…
Brings readers into the world of this brilliant, eccentric, and deeply troubled man, illuminating the events and people that shaped his life and work. From his placid, devoutly Christian upbringing - overshadowed by the mysterious death of his father - through his teaching caree…
Whether you plan to meander across Museum Island, admire the view from the Fernsehturm followed by cutting-edge art at Hamburger Bahnhof, or simply join the locals for Kaffee und Kuchen, Pocket Rough Guide Berlin will show you the ideal places to sleep, eat, drink and shop along…
How, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting survivors and perpetrators of the Holocaust. This book combines their eyewitness testimony with the latest academic research
"Migration to, from, and within German-speaking lands has been a dynamic force in Central European history for centuries. Exemplifying some of the most exciting recent research on historical mobility, the essays collected here reconstruct the experiences of vagrants, laborers, r…
The German Genius is a virtuoso cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present day, by acclaimed historian Peter Watson (Making of the Modern Mind, Ideas). From Bach, Goethe, and Schopenhauer to Nietzsche, Freud, and Einstein, from the arts and humaniti…
Bogen belyser konflikterne i de krigsførende magters handlinger og ambitioner. Forfatterne afdækker industrialiseringens og den nye teknologis indflydelse og der gives et billede af den omfattende mobilisering af befolkninger i krigens tjeneste. Baggrunden for de væsentligste sl…
Beskriver det tyske forsøgsfly Dornier Do 335, som ikke nåede at blive operativt indsat under 2. verdenskrig.
