The Death of Caspar Hauser
Caspar Hauser died on 17 December 1833, but was it murder or a self-inflicted wound? Hauser’s mysterious death raised as many questions as his mysterious life.
Germany
‘The Weimar Years’ by Frank McDonough review
The Weimar Years: Rise and Fall 1918-1933 by Frank McDonough is a lucid overview of Germany’s tumultuous interwar years.
The Beer Hall Putsch: What Hitler Learnt
In the aftermath of the Munich Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923, Hitler was in prison and the Nazi Party banned. But its failure taught him valuable lessons.
The Battle of Königsberg
For the German military command, the citizens of East Prussia were not a concern; they were a weapon to be deployed in the Battle of Königsberg.
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 in East Germany
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.