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Iron Kingdom

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Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world.Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally ... Read more

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Veterans, Victims, and Memory

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by Machteld Venken, Joanna Wawrzyniak ...

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In the vast literature on how the Second World War has been remembered in Europe, research into what happened in communist Poland, a country most affected by the war, is surprisingly scarce. The long gestation of Polish narratives of heroism and sacrifice, explored in this book, might help to understand why the country still finds itself in a «mnemonic standoff» with Western Europe, which tends to
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Hitler's American Model

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How American race law provided a blueprint for Nazi GermanyNazism triumphed in Germany during the high era of Jim Crow laws in the United States. Did the American regime of racial oppression in any way inspire the Nazis? The unsettling answer is yes. In Hitler's American Model, James Whitman presents a detailed investigation of the American impact on the notorious Nuremberg Laws, the centerpiece ... Read more

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Nazi Billionaires

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Nazi Women

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by Paul Roland ...

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The Birth of Tragedy

by Friedrich Nietzsche ...

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Life in the Third Reich

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by Paul Roland ...

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The Nuremberg Trials

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by Paul Roland ...

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The Lesser Evil

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by Victor Klemperer ...

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The Three Lives of the Kaiser

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by Katja Hoyer ...

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Hitler, Weimar: And the Failure of German Democracy 1918-1933

by Matthew Spencer ...

The failure of the Weimar Republic has always been a contentious issue due to the events that followed its demise. This book is based around the Treaty of Versailles, the Weimar Constitution, the economic problems up until 1923, the role of the political parties and individuals, and the Wall Street Crash coupled with the ensuing Great Depression. We will discuss the facts and argue; which causal ... Read more

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The System of the Inquisition in Medieval Europe

by Teresa Fazan, Jan Burzyński, Anna Wolff-Powęska, Paweł Kras ...

Series Book 36 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
This book reexamines the origins and growth of the medieval inquisition which provided a framework for the large-scale operations against religious dissidents. In the last quarter of the twelfth century, the papacy launched concerted efforts to hunt out heretics, mostly Cathars and Waldensians, and directed operations against them all across Latin Christendom. The bull of Pope Lucius III Ad ... Read more

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This book reexamines the origins and growth of the medieval inquisition which provided a framework for the large-scale operations against religious dissidents. In the last quarter of the twelfth century, the papacy launched concerted efforts to hunt out heretics, mostly Cathars and Waldensians, and directed operations against them all across Latin Christendom. The bull of Pope Lucius III Ad
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Born in the GDR

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by Hester Vaizey ...

The changes that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 were particularly dramatic for East Germans. With the German Democratic Republic effectively taken over by West Germany in the reunification process, nothing in their lives was immune from change and upheaval: from the way they voted, the newspapers they read, to the brand of butter they bought. But what was it really like to ... Read more

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The changes that followed the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 were particularly dramatic for East Germans. With the German Democratic Republic effectively taken over by West Germany in the reunification process, nothing in their lives was immune from change and upheaval: from the way they voted, the newspapers they read, to the brand of butter they bought. But what was it really like to
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The Unfathomable Ascent

How Hitler Came to Power

by Peter Ross Range ...

The chilling and little-known story of Adolf Hitler's eight-year march to the pinnacle of German politics.On the night of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich chancellery in Berlin, bursting with joy. The moment seemed unbelievable, even to Hitler. After an improbable political journey that came close to faltering on many occasions, his march to power had ... Read more

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The chilling and little-known story of Adolf Hitler's eight-year march to the pinnacle of German politics.On the night of January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler leaned out of a spotlit window of the Reich chancellery in Berlin, bursting with joy. The moment seemed unbelievable, even to Hitler. After an improbable political journey that came close to faltering on many occasions, his march to power had
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The Hitler Conspiracies

The Third Reich and the Paranoid Imagination

by Richard J. Evans ...

'Brilliant, a 5 out of 5 masterpiece' Evening StandardThe renowned historian of the Third Reich takes on the conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, in a vital history book for the 'post-truth' ageThe idea that nothing happens by chance in history, that nothing is quite what it seems to be at first sight, that everything that occurs is the result of the secret machinations of ... Read more

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'Brilliant, a 5 out of 5 masterpiece' Evening StandardThe renowned historian of the Third Reich takes on the conspiracy theories surrounding Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, in a vital history book for the 'post-truth' ageThe idea that nothing happens by chance in history, that nothing is quite what it seems to be at first sight, that everything that occurs is the result of the secret machinations of
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The Lighthouse of Stalingrad

The Hidden Truth at the Centre of WWII's Greatest Battle

by Iain MacGregor ...

'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary' - Frederick Taylor**'A wonderful and important and timely book' - Alexander Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Bedford Boys and ... Read more

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'Stunning. History at its very best: a blend of impeccably researched scholarship, genuinely revelatory primary sources, and a beautifully written narrative' - James Holland'The sheer brutal intimacy of his descriptions of the fighting are extraordinary' - Frederick Taylor**'A wonderful and important and timely book' - Alexander Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Bedford Boys and
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All Honorable Men

The Story of the Men on Both Sides of the Atlantic Who Successfully Thwarted Plans to Dismantle the Nazi Cartel System

by James Stewart Martin ...

Series Book 21 - Forbidden Bookshelf
A scathing attack on Wall Street's illegal ties to Nazi Germany before WWII—and the postwar whitewashing of Nazi business leaders by the US governmentPrior to World War II, German industry was controlled by an elite group who had used their money and influence to help bring the Nazi Party to power. After the Allies had successfully occupied Germany and removed the Third Reich, the process of ... Read more

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A scathing attack on Wall Street's illegal ties to Nazi Germany before WWII—and the postwar whitewashing of Nazi business leaders by the US governmentPrior to World War II, German industry was controlled by an elite group who had used their money and influence to help bring the Nazi Party to power. After the Allies had successfully occupied Germany and removed the Third Reich, the process of
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The Last Days of Hitler

The Classic Account of Hitler's Fall From Power

by Hugh Trevor Roper ...

Listed as one of the Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time.In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but ... Read more

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Listed as one of the Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time.In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but
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Stasiland

Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall

by Anna Funder ...

In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in fifty East Germans were informing on ... Read more

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In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In Stasiland, winner of the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany, a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in fifty East Germans were informing on
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La casa sul lago

by Thomas Harding ...

IL CAPOLAVORO DELL'AUTORE DEL COMANDANTE DI AUSHWITZ«Uno straordinario affresco di storia sociale, raccontato con un incredibile talento narrativo». The Times«Molto più di un romanzo su una famiglia: un racconto di guerra, spionaggio, omicidio e politica, segregazione razziale e sociale». Sunday TimesNella primavera del 1993, Thomas Harding andò a Berlino insieme alla nonna per visitare un... ... Read more

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IL CAPOLAVORO DELL'AUTORE DEL COMANDANTE DI AUSHWITZ«Uno straordinario affresco di storia sociale, raccontato con un incredibile talento narrativo». The Times«Molto più di un romanzo su una famiglia: un racconto di guerra, spionaggio, omicidio e politica, segregazione razziale e sociale». Sunday TimesNella primavera del 1993, Thomas Harding andò a Berlino insieme alla nonna per visitare un...
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Wolfram von Richthofen

Master of the German Air War

by James S. Corum ...

Series series Modern War Studies
Luftwaffe commander Wolfram von Richthofen was a brilliant master of the tactical and operational air war and one of the key catalysts in the resurrection of Germany’s air force. Long overshadowed in history by his cousin, World War I’s famous “Red Baron,” von Richthofen served in seven major air campaigns from 1936 to 1944, and as senior air commander he was always at the center of the action.For ... Read more

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Luftwaffe commander Wolfram von Richthofen was a brilliant master of the tactical and operational air war and one of the key catalysts in the resurrection of Germany’s air force. Long overshadowed in history by his cousin, World War I’s famous “Red Baron,” von Richthofen served in seven major air campaigns from 1936 to 1944, and as senior air commander he was always at the center of the action.For
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Le Monde d’hier

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The Nuremberg Trials

The Lesser Evil

The Three Lives of the Kaiser

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Beyond the Wall

Hitler, Weimar: And the Failure of German Democracy 1918-1933

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The Hitler Conspiracies

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All Honorable Men

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