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Baltic Connections
In the late Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, Northern Europe was a crucible of political, maritime and economic activity. Ships from ports all around the Baltic Sea as well as from the Low Countries plied the Baltic waters, triggering market integration, migration flows, nautical innovations and the dissemination of cultural values. This archival guide is an essential research tool for scholars studying these Baltic connections, providing descriptions of almost 1000 archival collections concerning trade, shipping, merchants, commodities, diplomacy, finances and migration in the years 1450-1800. These rich and varied sources kept at more than 100 repositories in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia and Sweden are herewith collected for the first time.
The Writing 69th
The Writing 69th, eight civilian and military journalists who covered the U.S. 8th Air Force during World War II, included Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney and Homer Bigart. Six of them participated in a bombing raid on German Naval installations at Wilhelmshaven in 1943. One of the journalists, Bob Post of the New York Times, did not return. The author has gathered accounts from military and civilian participants to tell the story of the Writing 69th and the raid on Wilhelmshaven.
Deportations in the Nazi Era
During the Nazi era, about three million Jews – half the victims of the Holocaust – were deported from the German Reich, the occupied territories, as well as Nazi-allied countries, and sent to ghettos, camps, and extermination centers. The police and the SS also deported tens of thousands of Sinti and Roma, mainly to the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp, where most of them were killed. Deportations were central to National Socialist persecution and extermination. In November 2020, an international conference organized by the Arolsen Archives focused on the various historical sources, their research potential, and (digital) methods of cataloging them. It also explored new (systematizing and comparative) approaches in historical research. This volume features over 20 contributions by scholars from different countries and with a variety of perspectives and questions. The main geographical focus is on deportations from the German Reich and German-occupied Southeastern Europe.
Harbours and Havens
This book is a collection of ten essays concerning various aspects of ports, port towns, and port history, by means of tribute to the maritime historian, Gordon Jackson. The volumes begins with an appreciation of Gordon Jackson’s career, and concludes with a bibliography of his published work. The first four essays concern British ports - Hull, Liverpool, and Dumfries in particular - and the remaining six concern international ports - a wide range stretching across the ports of Fremantle, Yokohama, Dubai, and Bremen. The essays cover topics such as politics and port management; port development throughout history; post-war port development; individual case studies; the construction of artificial ports; and port policies.
Der Ort des Terrors: Hinzert, Auschwitz, Neuengamme
The introduction to the first part of this volume, "Flossenbürg - Stammlager" (pp. 17-66), by Jörg Skriebeleit, describes the construction and functioning of the camp at Flossenbürg. Pp. 67-288 describe its satellite camps, each entry by a different author. The introduction to the second part, "Mauthausen - Stammlager" (pp. 293-346), by Florian Freund and Bertrand Perz, traces the history of the camp at Mauthausen. Pp. 347-470 present its satellite camps. The introduction to the third part, "Ravensbrück - Stammlager" (pp. 473-520), by Annette Leo, discusses the camp for women in Ravensbrück. Pp. 521-607 describe its satellite camps. Throughout the book, Jews are mentioned sporadically.
The Conquest Of Nature
The modern idea of 'mastery' over nature always had its critics, whether their motives were aesthetic, religious or environmentalist. By investigating how the most fundamental element - water - was 'conquered' by draining fens and marshes, straightening the courses of rivers, building high dams and exploiting hydro-electric power, The Conquest of Nature explores how over the last 250 years, the German people have shaped their natural environment and how the landscapes they created took a powerful hold on the German imagination. From Frederick the Great of Prussia to Johann Gottfried Tulla, 'the man who tamed the wild Rhine' in the nineteenth century to Otto Intze, 'master dambuilder' of the years around 1900, to the Nazis who set out to colonise 'living space' in the East, this groundbreaking study shows that while mastery over nature delivers undoubted benefits, it has often come at a tremendous cost to both the natural environment and human life.
Life and Death in a German Town
The period between 1929 and 1949 represents one of the most traumatic and destructive in the history of Germany. Economic crisis, Nazism, war, destruction and post-war dislocation dominated the lives of all Germans and those living in Germany. While all ethnic groups faced great hardship during these years, there were stark differences between the experience of native ethnic Germans, German refugees from Eastern Europe, German Jews, Romanies and foreigners. Using vital primary sources, archival material and insightful interviews, Panikos Panayi presents an extraordinary analysis of the individual experiences of, and relationships between, all these groups living in the German town of Osnabru...
Ubbo Emmius
Die vorliegende Biographie zeichnet nicht nur chronologisch den beruflichen Werdegang und die berühmten Werke und Karten von Ubbo Emmius nach, sondern beleuchtet darüber hinaus das private und familiäre Leben sowie dir Persönlichkeit des bedeutenden Mannes. Gudrun Anne Dekker präsentiert bekannte, aber auch neueste sowie Ihre eigenen aktuellen Forschungsergebenisse zu diesem berühmten Theologen, Pädagogen, Historiker, Kartographen und Gründungsrektor der Universität Groningen. Ausführliche Stammtafeln nennen Vor- und Nachfahren des Gelehrten. Die Schilderung seiner Familie, seiner zwei Ehen und seiner sechs Kinder, kommt nicht zu kurz. Als Belege präsentiert die Autorin teils noch nie zuvor gezeigte Aktenstücke. Eines der hieraus resultierenden Ergebnisse ihrer Untersuchungen über die Person des Ubbo Emmius ist z.B. der Nachweis des bis heute in der Stadt Norden erhaltenen Ubbo-Emmius-Wohnhauses, das einzige historische Gebäude, das heute noch authentisch von ihm zeugt.
Oud Holland
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Glokalgeschichte
In deutschen Museen hat die klassische stadtgeschichtliche Dauerausstellung ausgedient! Stattdessen schlägt dieser Band ein neues Modell vor, das den Erfordernissen aktueller Einwanderungsgesellschaften Rechnung trägt, indem es glokal verankerte – das heißt am konkreten Ort aufzeigbare, aber über diesen hinausweisende – Interpretationsangebote macht. Es geht um die Dekolonisierung der geschichtlichen Masternarrative.
