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Pre 20th Century
- Gateway to the institute's digital collection, artifacts documenting German-speaking Jewry in the modern era.
- Basic and advanced search capabilities, along with browse options.
- (16th - 21st centuries; archival materials, memoirs and manuscripts, art and objects, books and periodicals, photographs, and audio recordings )
- German History in Documents and Images: Weimar Germany (1918/19-1933)
- Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
- (1500-1648; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
- Digital library of the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, offering online access to a number of different collections including books, journals, manuscripts, newspapers and maps.
- (17th - early 20th centuries; facsimiles)
- Including online albums, legal documents, maps, books, oral histories, posters and finding aids.
- Combining resources of a number of Jewish societies and institutes.
- (17th-20th centuries; German, English and other facsimiles)
- Access to facsimiles of German-Jewish periodicals from the Enlightenment until the Third Reich.
- Digitized by various German institutions with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
- (18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; facsimiles and some explanatory comments)
- Click on links to access DiFMOE's collection of German newspapers.
- (1762-1944; German facsimiles)
- Ecclesiastical, religious education periodicals, church music, and Synod reports.
- Browse the collections by holding cursor over Bestände.
- (1789-1945; German facsimiles)
- Over 50,000 images from German colonies.
- A digitization project of the library of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft
- of the Stadt- und Universitäsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main.
- (19th -20th centuries; photo images searchable by database)
- Large compilation of European primary documents. Topics include prelude to war, road to war, world at war, war poetry, home front, towards a conclusion and aftermath.
- (1839-1919; English transcriptions and translations)
- German National Anthem adopted 1922, though it was written earlier.
- (German with English translation; 1841)
- One of the premiere journals of the 19th and early 20th centuries for politics, literature and art (and culture in general).
- The articles contain many direct contemporaneous observations that can be considered primary evidence of the age.
- Digitized by the Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen.
- (1841-1922; fully searchable database with page facsimiles and underlying transcriptions).
- German History in Documents and Images: Wilhelmine Germany and the First World War (1890-1918)
- compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
- (1890-1918); images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
- Growing collection of digitized images from among the 11 million images in the Federal Archive.
- Options for Searching
- (19th-20th centuries; image database)
- The German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents.
- (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Colonies of the German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents.
- (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- The German Imperial Navy as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents.
- (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
- Includes primary documents in translation from Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Class,
- Gen. Friedrich von Bernhardi, Adolf Hitler, Helmuth von Moltke, Rosa Luxemburg,
- Kaiser Wilhelm II; of the Internationale and of a Berliner Illustrierte readers' poll.
- (1880-1925; translations)
- Browse the collection.
- Clemens von Delbrück contributed to modernization of the Empire and the establishment of the Weimar Republic.
- Collection from Thuringian University and State Library (ThULB).
- (1890-1921; German facsimiles)
- "How Britain strove for peace: A record of Anglo-German negotiations" compiled by Edward Tyas Cook, but told by "authoritative sources." Available through the Harvard University Library.
- (1898-1914; English transcriptions)
- Project by the Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main which aims to digitise the library's complete Hebraica and Judaica collection.
- Around 18,000 titles comprising the complete literature of the so-called Wissenschaft des Judentums.
- (late 19th - early 20th centuries; PDF facsimiles with annotations)
- Literature collection from the Munich City Library, focusing on the First World War
- In cooperation with Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum
- (19th-20th century; facsimiles; German and English)
- Collection of footage documenting the Kaiser’s family, including a war-damaged village, foreign visits, and Princess Cecilie’s marriage to an American solider
- Compiled by British Pathe
- (1896-1938; English interface; videos)
The Turn of the Century (1900-1914)
- Collection of 76 facsimiles, documents and cards from German history, especially in the 20th century
- From Universität Innsbruck
- (20th century; facsimiles; German)
- Illustrated book reflecting German national pride in the early 20th century.
- (1902; facsimile book and images)Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Die Weimarer Republik (1918/19-1933)
- 100(0) Key documents for German history in the 20th century.
- Project of Osteuropäische Geschichte der Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and the Institut für Allgemeine Geschichte der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Moskau)
- (1903-1998; documents, images, audio and film recordings; German transcription)
- A large collection of video eye-witness testimonies of German history, 20th century to the present.
- Divided into three broad categories: Zeiträume (Periods); Themen (Subjects) and Personen (witnesses).
- (1910-present; video files of witness testimonies)
- Over 36,000 pages of defense documents and publications.
- Includes official accounts of battles, private accounts from soldiers, and maps.
- Includes intelligence and information bulletins.
- Lists of military units, materials, and strategies.
- From the German Docs in Russia project.
- (1910-1919; German facsimiles)
- Mostly observations for security in Austria, France, Germany, and Poland.
- Includes observation of Communist International (Comintern) and other communist organizations and unions.
- Documents were taken by the Soviet Union from Germany after WWII.
- Part of the German Docs in Russian project.
- (1912-1945; German facsimiles, site available in Russian, German, and English)
World War I (1914-1918)
- Documenting events from before Sarajevo until after Versailles.
- Has many documents.
- (pre-1914 - post-1918; translations and transcriptions)
- Portal to a wealth of German resources from World War One.
- Including digitized documents, images, films, audio files and genealogical aids.
- Interface in German.
- The plea of Lord Justizrats Makower for the German Jews.
- (1912; German facsimile)
- Archive of World War I documents from the German perspective .
(1914-1918; transcriptions, commentary, photos)
- Database of firsthand accounts
- EyeWitness to History
- (1914-1921; English transcription, photographs)
- Accounts include:
- The First Two Years of the War to the Battle of the Skagerrak
- From the Battle of the Skagerrak to the Unrestricted U-boat Warfare
- The U-boat Campaign (including the Capture of Helsingfors and advance to the Norwegian coast)
- From The War Times Journal
- (1914-1918; English translation)
- Accounts include:
- About 400 photos from WWI Germany and Austria.
- From New York Public Libary (NYPL) digital collections.
- (1914-1918; photos with German captions, Russian interface)
- Diary of Eduard Engel, in times of war
- (1914; German facsimile)
- The Kaiser's letters to the Tsar, copied from the government archives in Petrograd, and brought from Russia
- (1914; English translation)
- "The Rainbow Book:" German White Book, Austro-Hungarian Red Book, English Blue Book, French Yellow Book, Russian Orange Book, Serbian Blue Book and Belgian Grey Book: The Negotiations Leading to War.
- Ed. Max Beer (Bern: Wyss, 1915)
- A chronological combination of significant documents from the diplomatic archives of the various belligerent countries.
- (29 June - 4 September 1914; facsimile of 2nd edition)
- An archival research resource containing a vast collection of rare magazines by and for servicemen and women of all nations during the First World War.
- (1914-1919; facsimiles; English interface)
- I) How Russia & her ruler betrayed Germany's confidence & thereby caused the war. II) How the Franco-German Conflict might have been avoided. III) Official communique anent negotiations between prince Lichnowsky & Sir Edward Gray.
- (1914; English translation facsimile)
- First-hand account from General Leman's prison.
- (August 1914; English translation)
- "Germany's Reasons for War with Russia:
- "How Russia and her Ruler betrayed Germany's confidence
- and thereby made the European War."
- (1914; English translations)
- Include previously unpublished private and military photos from a German officer's collection.
- Photos include background information.
- (1914-1917; Photos, English interface and captions)
- Include previously unpublished private and military photos from a German officer's collection.
- Photos include background information.
- (1914-1917; Photos, English interface and captions)
- A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
- Germany WWI Photos
- The two albums are both American, joining a larger tradition of creating personal records of one individual's participation in momentous events. The French book records the military use of a civilian factory, and the German postcards portray the German side of the war.
- From the New York Public Library
- (1914-1918; facsimiles; German)
- This Section of WWI/WWW is concerned with the publication of primary documents of the Medical aspects, Military and Civilian, of World War One
- (1914-1918; English)
- (1914-1918; images, German facsimiles)
- Newspapers for German soldiers at the front during WWI.
- Digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
- (1914-1918; German facsimiles)
- (1914-1918; English)
- "The two contracting parties agree to observe strict neutrality in regard to the present conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia."
- From the Avalon Project
- (2 August, 1914; English translation)
- Walter Schwieger was the thirty-year-old commander of the submarine U-20 that sank the Lusitania. His war diary describes the attack and the rapid sinking of the great liner as he viewed it through his periscope.
- From Eyewitness: American Originals from the National Archives
- (1 May 1915; English translations and German facsimiles)
- Sources on the Sinking of the Lusitania
- By Commander Georg von Hase — First Gunnery Officer of the Derfflinger
- From The War Times Journal
- (1916; English translation)
- The opinions of the governments and businesses of Germany, Austria, and Hungary in regard to the question of new regulations of the trade relations between the allied monarchs.
- (1916; German facsimile)
- History in Motion
- Scenes from WWI on footage
- Compiled by EyeWitness to History
- (1917-1918; film)
- By Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron
- The War Times Journal
- (1917; English translation)
- Treaty between Central Powers and Soviet Russia ending Russia's involvement in WWI.
- (March 3, 1918; English)
- First-hand account from German chief of staff Paul von Hindenburg on the Opening of the Lys Offensive.
- (9 April 1918; English translation)
- (11 November 1918; English transcription)
- Session Proceedings of the Reichstag
- from the Treaty of Versailles to the begin of World War II:
- A digitization project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
- Protokolle des Reichstags (1867-1918) are also available.
- (1918-1942; German transcriptions)
- Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945.
- Tens of thousands of searchable German foreign policy communications and documents from the Weimar Republic and Third Reich.
- 50 volumes published by Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
- (1918-1945; facsimile page images with downloadable PDF files)
- Documents from the Weimar Republic
- (1918-1933; German transcriptions)
- The Treaty of Versailles was the peace settlement signed after World War One had ended in 1918. The treaty was signed at the vast Versailles Palace near Paris - hence its title - between Germany and the Allies.
- (1918; video; English)
- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and Turkey, for the one part, and Russia, for the other part, declare that the state of war between them has ceased.
- From the Avalon Project
- (1918; English)
- Compilation of primary documents. Topics include beginnings of the republic, German Revolution, Treaty of Versailles, Right wing reaction, difficult 1920s, golden years, Weimar culture and rise of Nazism.
- From Alpha History
- (1918-1957; English translations)
- Limited selection from the book. Provides a memoir of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier who viewed the war as a personal struggle, testing himself by leading raiding parties and enduring as his comrades were killed.
- (English)
Interwar Era (1918-1939)
- This portal, which is still being built, contains records, films, photos, posters, maps, and audio recordings.
- (German)
- Documents of the Reich Chancellery of the Weimar Republic.
- 23 digitized volumes of the Cabinets from Scheidemann to Schleicher.
- (1919-1933; transcriptions with linked Federal Archive apparatus)
- Fascism
- Collections of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook.
- (1920-1939; transcriptions and translations)
- ”Egon Larsend was a young man living in Munich. We join his account as Adolph Hitler… is awaiting word that his stormtroopers have been deployed around the building:”
- EyeWitness to History
- (1923; English transcription, photographs)
- A collection of documents directed against fascism and Nazism.
- From the web resources of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
- (1923-1934; German facsimiles)
- Topographic maps at 1:25,000 scale from Germany of 1930 borders, including parts of what is now Poland
- From BYU digital collections.
- Ability to search or browse the maps.
- (1930; facsimiles)
- Works by Trotsky
- "FASCISM: What It Is and How To Fight It"
- The Turn in the Communist International and the Situation in Germany
- Trotsky on Nazism and the German Puzzle
- (1930-1932; English transcription)
- ”D. Sefton Delmar was a reporter for the London Daily Express who witnessed the fire. We join his account as Hitler exclaims his reaction to the inferno.”
- EyeWitness to History
- (1933; English transcription, photographs)
- Pact between axis powers to cooperate in opposing the Communist International.
- (November 25, 1936; English)
- Collection of films shot during WWI
- From the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek
- (German; videos)
- Die Deutschen Dokumente zum Kriegsausbruch 1914
- German Documents on the Outbreak of War.
- Berlin: Im Auftrage des Auswärtigen Amts, 1921.
- Full-text transcriptions of vols. 1-5
- Searchable German encyclopedia as a digital copy of the 1888 edition.
- (Facsimiles)
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