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Deutschland- Kˆnige, Kaiser, Staatschefs
German rulers from Charlemagne to Helmut Kohl

Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas
Compiled by D. L. Ashliman, Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of Pittsburgh

The Kassandra Project- Visionary German Women around 1800 - (dead link)
"...a series of web pages which aims to be an introduction to German women writers, artists, and thinkers during the second half of the eighteenth century through the first decades of the nineteenth."

Landes- und regionalgeschichtliche Informationsressources im Internet - (dead link)
Good for regional history

Leo Baeck Institute for the Study of History and Culture of German-Speaking Jewry
"...is a research, study, and lecture center whose library and archives offer the most comprehensive documentation for the study of German Jewish history."

  • The LBI Catalog
    "The Master Catalog provides information on the collections in the LBI Archives and Library, including more than 10,000 archival records, 1250 memoirs, 60,000 books, and 750 periodicals."

Nazi and East German Propaganda - Guide Page
"Propaganda was central to Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic. The German Propaganda Archive includes both propaganda itself and material produced for the guidance of propagandists. The goal is to help people understand the two great totalitarian systems of the 20th Century by giving them access to the primary material."
Maintained by Randall Bytwerk, Calvin College

The Rise of Adolf Hitler
"From Unknown to Dictator of Germany - Complete History in 24 Chapters" From the History Place
A very general survey

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
 "The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust."
The site Includes a number of online exhibits and is suitable for both school children and advanced scholars.

Virtual Library History - Third Reich and World War II
 "The section 'Third Reich and World War II' of Virtual Library Geschichte (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) as part of Virtual Library History (University of Kansas) attempts an overview of selected on-line resources. The main point of view for selection and critical commentary of links is the quality of contents and scientifically character for historical employment. The contents of the catalog are most concentrated on resources of German-languages countries."
Maintained by Ralf Blank Historisches Centrum Hagen

Die Weimarer Republik
Zeittafel und Quellenrepertorium
Timeline with hyperlinks to texts

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