The Battle of Königsberg
For the German military command, the citizens of East Prussia were not a concern; they were a weapon.
Germany
‘Never Again’ by Andrew I. Port review
‘Real world’ German responses to postwar genocide.
‘February 1933’ by Uwe Wittstock review
Germany in February 1933 as it unfolded day-by-day.
All Among the Watchtowers
A new book claims to be the definitive history of the GDR. Is it? And don’t we have those already?
Stealing a Living
Theft in East Germany was so common as to be nicknamed ‘the people’s sport’. Why were citizens of the GDR so light-fingered?
The ‘Jena Set’
The quiet German town that formed the backdrop for the first German Romantic movement.
‘Because they were German’
The continuity and contextualisation of German military history across five centuries.
A Shared Culture
How a German colony laid the groundwork for the alliance between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.
Germany United
The first German constitution was ratified in April 1871. Designed by Otto von Bismarck to preserve the old regime, it would eventually help bring about its downfall.
Execution of the Tailor-King
The bodies of Jan Bockelson, and two other leaders of the Anabaptist sect, were hung outside the church of St Lambert on 22 January 1536.