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Secret Sharers
This is the first book-length account of Joseph Conrad's reception in Germany, a virtually unresearched area of Conrad studies. It demonstrates that Conrad was read and used by his German readers as a cosmopolitan literary and moral voice against the prevailing nationalism of Germany in the 'dark times' of the 1930s and 1940s, when their own voices were being silenced. Challenging the longstanding assumption that Germany remained largely indifferent to his works, this book demonstrates that, particularly after the translation of the complete fiction commencing in the 1920s, Conrad's works achieved near cult status in Germany. On the basis of diaries and letters, contemporary reviews and essa...
Narrating the Holocaust
In this literary study of memoirs describing at first hand the horrors of German concentration camps, the principal question asked is: How did the survivors find the words to talk about experiences hitherto unknown, even unimaginable? Beyond being a mere analysis of discourse, Narrating the Holocaust reflects the situations in camp that triggered these responses, and shows how the professional authors adapted certain literary genres (e.g. the travel story, the Hassidic tale) to serve as models for communication, while the vast majority who were not trained as writers merely used the form of the report. A comparison between these memoirs and the more frequently discussed camp novel identifies the different narrative strategies by which the two are determined. Most of the 130 texts discussed here were published in German between l934 and the present; some famous Italian, French and Polish texts have also been included for comparison.
Prison Elite
Prison Elite depicts the life of a VIP prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp system, providing a first-hand account of his mental life and coping strategies.
Bibliothek leben
Aus dem Inhalt (21 Beitrage): RetrospektivenH.-M. Schafer, "Warum baut ein Privatmann eine Bibliothek" - Die Bibliothek Warburg inmitten der preussisch dominierten Bibliothekslandschaft zu Beginn des 20. JahrhundertsH. Rohling, Slavica und Universales im wissenschaftlich-politischen und anthropologischen Kontext der BibliothekD. Askey, Bibliothekstourismus zwischen Deutschland und den Vereinigten StaatenH.-C. Hobohm, Bibliothek als ZensurG. Pflug, Die Ausbildung des hoheren Bibliotheksdienstes nach dem Zweiten WeltkriegK. Umlauf, Bibliotheksentwicklungsplanung 1966 bis 1973 und Bibliotheken 2007PerspektivenW. Schmitz, "Gemeinsam konnen wir viel bewirken" - Die gemeinsamen Fachbibliotheken von USB und Instituten an der Universitat zu KolnJ. Hering, Vier Buchstaben und etwas Farbe - Zum Erscheinungsbild der SLUB in der OffentlichkeitL. Syre, Haben Regionalbibliotheken eine Zukunft? - Zeitgemasse Betrachtungen zu einem scheinbar unzeitgemassen BibliothekstypG. Behm-Steidel, Spezialbibliotheken in Deutschland - Nische im Bibliothekswesen oder Vorreiter im Informationsmanagement?
1979-1990
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The Nazi Concentration Camps, 1933-1939
Weeks after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, the Nazi regime established the first concentration camps in Germany. Initially used for real and suspected political enemies, the camps increasingly came under SS control and became sites for the repression of social outsiders and German Jews. Terror was central to the Nazi regime from the beginning, and the camps gradually moved toward the center of repression, torture, and mass murder during World War II and the Holocaust. This collection brings together revealing primary documents on the crucial origins of the Nazi concentration camp system in the prewar years between 1933 and 1939, which have been overlooked thus far. Many of the documents are unpublished and have been translated into English for the first time. These documents provide insight into the camps from multiple perspectives, including those of prisoners, Nazi officials, and foreign observers, and shed light on the complex relationship between terror, state, and society in the Third Reich.
1945-1978
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