Resources
Close Partner Organisations
German History Society Podcast Series
The Historical Association has recorded a number of podcasts with some of the German History Society committee and members. They can be listened to by students and schools across the UK.
Early Modern Witchcraft by Professor Alison Rowlands (University of Essex)
1848: Revolution in Germany by Dr Anna Ross (University of Warwick)
German Women 1900-1945 by Professor Matthew Stibbe (Sheffield Hallam University)
Archives
Research Libraries
- German Online Libraries
- The Wiener Holocaust Library
- Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
- Schweizerische Nationalbibliothek
- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
General Links
- Clio Online - Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften
- GENESIS - Statistisches Bundesamt
- German History at the Library of The University of California, Berkeley
- German Department, University College London
- German Studies
- H-German
- Discussion group dedicated to the history of the Holy Roman Empire (H-HRE)
- Historicum Net
- Historische Bibliographie Online
- H-Soz-u-Kult - Kommunikation und Fachinformation für die Geschichtswissenschaften
- Institute of Historical Research, London
- The Leo Baeck Institute London
- Warwick German Studies Web
Early Modern History
The Reformation
War and Revolution
General Databases and Sources
- Bibliotheca Augustana
- Bullinger Briefwechsel
- Duderstadt Digitales Archiv
- Einblattdrucke der Frühen Neuzeit
- European State Finance Database
- Gothic Germany 1250-1500
- Göttinger DigitalisierungsZentrum
- Inkunabelkatalog, Staatsbibliothek Munich
- Hanover Historical Texts Collection
- Project Wittenberg (works by Martin Luther and Lutheran Theologians)
- Quellen zur Geistesgeschichte des Spätmittelalters
- Regesta Imperii Online
- Sachsenspiegel Online
- Verzeichnis der Drucke des 16. Jhs.
- Verzeichnis der Drucke des 17. Jhs.
- Wolfenbütteler Digitale Bibliothek
- Zedlers Grosses Lexicon, 18th Century Encyclopaedia
- Reiseliteratur und Reiseforschung, Eutiner Landesbibliothek
- Virtual Library History, Frühe Neuzeit
Many thanks to Ulinka Rublack and Beat Kümin for supplying the above links on Early Modern History.
Modern History
There are thousands of internet links and resources on Modern Germany. The following links are for some of the most relevant sites, but this is far from a complete and comprehensive list. It focuses largely on the 20th Century and aims to show the great variety of sites available today.
General
- American Institute for Contemporary German Studies - Includes useful briefing papers
- German History in Documents and Images
- German Historical Museum - Documents, graphics, posters, picture archive, art, library, etc.
- German History Sources - Interesting and relevant sources on Modern German History
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Zeitgeschichtliches Archiv (ZGA) - 3 million documents; one of the most important collections in German
- The History of Europe in primary sources
- Imperial War Museum Collections
- PSM-Data, Geschichte (Datenbank zur Unterrichtsvorbereitung)
- Deutsche Welle - News and articles about Germany in English
- Federal Government in Germany - In English, with press releases and news
- Der Spiegel - German biggest newsweekly offering English translations of its cover stories and the most important feature articles whenever they concern international affairs
- Germany Info - Site of German embassy in the US, providing government information, guide to German websites and news headlines
Specific Focus
- The Great War, 1914-1918
- The World War One Document Archive
- Ernst Jünger Homepage
- Feldpostbriefe
- Film und Geschichte
- Judenfeindliche Postkarten 1871-1933
- Jüdische Periodika zwischen 1806 und 1938
- Die Reichstagsprotokolle 1919-1939
- Deutsche Teilung - Deutsche Einheit (Deutschland)
- Migration-Audio-Archiv (MAA) - Erzählte Migrationsgeschichte (Deutschland)
- Deutsche Geschichte - Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung
- DDR Museum - Museum zur Alltagskultur der DDR (Deutschland)
- Bibliographie zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung und zur Theorie und Praxis der politischen Linken (Deutschland)
- Rechtsextremismus - Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Netzwerk Mediatheken
- Filmportal
- NS-Dokumentationszentrum der Stadt Köln
- Jugendopposition in der DDR
- Online-Bibliographie
- Digital Historische Karten
- Holocaust Memorial Site Berlin
- Bilddatenbank der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek
- Die Familie Chotzen - Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland 1914-2000
- Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung
- Archiv der deutschen Frauenbewegung
- Gegen Diktatur - Demokratische Widerstand in Deutschland
- Chronik der Mauer - Juni 1961 bis Dezember 1989 (Deutschland)
Many thanks to Chris Szejnmann for supplying the above 'Modern History' links.
