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Internet Resources for the History of Germany
An annotated listing of both English and German language resources. A quality listing for both undergraduate and for the professional historian
By Claire Gabriel, Librarian for U.S. & World History, New York University's Bobst Library

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Deutsches Historisches Museum

Eastern German Studies Group
The Eastern German Studies Group is an association of scholars interested in that part of Germany once known as the German Democratic Republic
Includes an online version of their newsletter

Die ZIS Datenbank
Historical database with information on a large number of history Internet resources

German-Hollywood Connection
Sections include: People ; Films ; Studios ; Connections ; Features ; Photos ; Links ; News.

• Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003)
  Includes: Biography ; Films and Links ; Books.

German History WWW Links

German Studies Web

Geschichte im Internet
Der grosse Linkkatalog zur Geschichtswissenschaft

Holocaust Resources on the Internet
"This is the Holocaust section of WWW-Virtual Library Network of indexes to History materials on-line. It is intended for general public use, but its coverage and selection of sites concentrates on creating a useful for those pursuing historical research...This site is also the catalogue of Holocaust resources in the History branch of WWW-Virtual Library Germany."

Koebner Center for German History
Hebrew University, Jerusalem

PBS - Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State
Companion to the January-February 2005 TV broadcast.
Sections include: Maps & Plans ; Timeline ; About the Series ; Learning Resources ; Auschwitz 1940-1945 ; Understanding Auschwitz Today ; Dachau 1974.

• Teaching Guides

PBS - NOVA - Who Killed the Red Baron? (October 2003)
"Forensic experts investigate the most famous aviation mystery of World War I."
Sections include: Articles [Inside the Baron's Mind ; Americans Against the Baron] ; Overview & Slide Show ; Resources ; Teacher's Guide

Salomon Ludwig Steinheim-Institute for German-Jewish History
Includes an electronic newsletter

Shoa.de (German)
"Holocaust und Shoah. Das grosse Portal zu den Themen: Shoa, Holocaust, Antisemitismus, Drittes Reich, Zweiter Weltkrieg und Nationalsozialismus."

VL - Deutschland: Geschichte - (dead link)
"...versucht, die deutschen WWW-Angebote im Bereich der Geschichtswissenschaft zu b¸ndeln und ¸bersichtlich zu pr‰sentieren."

Wk-2.de (German)
"Der Zweite Weltkrieg - Geschichte und Verlauf des großen Krieges."
"...is part of the the German Shoa project and features comprehensive information on the Second World War."

Working for Armament in World War II: Forces Labour in Hagen 1939-1945 /
Arbeiten f¸r die Kriegsr¸stung im Zweiten Weltkrieg - Zwangsarbeit in Hagen 1939
- 1945
"The HistoricalCentre Hagen attempts to call the destiny of the forced workers, slave labourers and POWs back to mind with this website and to create a regional information portal for public discussion. At the same time, a list of sites of camps and prisons in the present district of Hagen is offered, which can be explored with a search engine. A district map contains lists of firms and camps in the Hagen suburbs. A list of source material and the digital editions of original documents will be use in academic and scholar teaching."
In English and German

Yahoo! Deutschland

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