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Remembering the Holocaust

In recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we would like to present a list of new and recent Holocaust and Genocide Studies titles, as well as free access to related journal articles.

In commemoration of German reunification

German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3rd. Tag der Deutschen Einheit celebrates the 1990 reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic with ceremonial acts and the citizens’ festival Bürgerfest. Browse our relevant titles and journals on the ramifications of a divided Germany below.

¶ Posted 03 October 2022 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: GDR, german film, German Politics, german politics and society, german studies, german television, german unification, German Unity Day, Germany

The beginning of a Germany divided

August 13th marks the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. The concrete barrier physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Along with separating West Berlin from East German territory, it came to symbolize the “Iron Curtain” that separated Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Browse relevant Berghahn titles on the history of […]

¶ Posted 13 August 2022 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § In the News ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: Berlin, Berlin Wall, divided germany, east and west germany, german studies, modern german history, postwar, postwar germany, postwar history

Excerpt: The German Marshall Fund of the United States

This year the German Marshall Fund marks its 50th anniversary and the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. On June 5, 1972 former German Chancellor Willy Brandt announced the founding of the German Marshall Fund of the United States at Harvard University. Founded by Guido Goldman through a gift from Germany as a tribute to […]

¶ Posted 05 June 2022 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: German Marshall Fund, Germany, GMF, Guido Goldman, history, united states

Does the Man Make the Motorcycle or the Motorcycle the Man?

Sasha Disko In celebration of World Motorcycle Day (21 June), we are featuring the following excerpt from Sasha Disko’s THE DEVIL’S WHEELS: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic.

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: gender studies, german studies, history, masculinities, Motorcycle Day, motorcycles, Transport Studies, weimar, Weimar Republic, World Motorcycle Day

Fascism and Conservation

Excerpted from Sandra Cheney’s Nature of the Miracle Years: Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975

¶ Posted 23 February 2021 † Berghahn Books § Understanding Fascism ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: AHA21, conservation, german studies, Germany, history, landscapes, national socialism, nazi germany, nazi past, postwar conservation, Understanding Fascism, west germany

Fascism and Critical Thinking

Excerpted from Alexandra Oeser’s WHEN WILL WE TALK ABOUT HITLER? German Students and the Nazi Past

¶ Posted 26 January 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Understanding Fascism ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: Berghahn Series, book excerpt, education, excerpt, fascism, Memory studies, nazi germany, nazi past, pedagogy, third reich, Understanding Fascism, Worlds of Memory

Berghahn’s Best-selling Books in History

We are delighted to present a list of our History bestsellers in honor of the American Historical Association’s 2020 – 2021 Virtual Conference. Visit our Virtual AHA Booth for special opportunities for discounts and engagements.

¶ Posted 15 January 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: 1960s, AHA21, American Historical Association, auschwitz protocol, Auschwitz-Birkenau, cold war, cold war history, east and west germany, east germany, GDR, german politics and society, german studies, Germany, global south, history, internationalism, jewish refugees, nanking, nanking atrocity, nostalgia, post-communist, postsocialist, postwar history, stasi, wannsee conference, world history

Everything you need to know for #VirtualGSA2020

We are pleased to invite you to visit our virtual stand at the German Studies Association annual meeting taking place online from 30 September to 4 October 2020. Please see below for information about special offers from Berghahn Books for titles purchased through our website. For anyone who would have liked to discuss their manuscript with us at the […]

¶ Posted 30 September 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § New Book Releases § New Journal Issues ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: german film, German Politics, german politics and society, german studies, German Studies Association, Germany

Freed from Fear and Sadness: The New Germany

Michael Meng and Adam R. Seipp The writing of German history since 1945 has often, if not excessively, been shaped by critical and negative attitudes; or, as Baruch Spinoza would put it, by excessive fear and sadness in the face of human suffering. Ruination, mourning, absence, destruction, and failure are the leitmotifs of postwar German historiography. Amid […]

¶ Posted 07 May 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § In Their Own Words § Meet the Editors ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: Angela Merkel, COVID-19, Jarausch, Konrad H. Jarausch, Kurzarbeit, modern germany, Pandemic, political economy, Spinoza

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