HEINECK, HERMANN

Das Tausendjährige Nordhausen Zur Jahrtausendfeier Herausgegeben Vom Magistrat; Zweiter Band / the Thousand Year Old Nordhausen's Millennial Celebration As Authorised By the Magistrate Volume 2

Nordhausen: Theodor Müller/ Verlag des Magistrats der Stadt Nordhausen, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards, spine faded, short tear top of spine, hinges cracked but still solid, worn extremities. Some wear to gilt, light soil ; Gilt staped design front board, gilt titles on spine, colour coat of arms for the city of Nordhausen as frontispiece along with tissue guard. Laid in at the back is a fold out facsimile of a parchment document from 929, written by King Heinrich I assigning the cities of Duedlinburg, Pöhlde, Nordhausen, Grone Duderstadt as dowry to his wife Mathilde. ; B&W Photographs; 627 pages; Nordhausen is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen district and the urban centre of northern Thuringia and the southern Harz region. Nordhausen was first mentioned in the year 927 and became one of the most important cities in central Germany during the later Middle Ages. In the early 13th century, it became a free imperial city, so that is was an independent and republican self-ruled member of the Holy Roman Empire. Due to its long-distance trade, Nordhausen was prosperous and influential with a population of 8,000 around 1500. Following the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, Nordhausen was included in the Kingdom of Prussia's Province of Saxony created in 1816. During the mid-19th century, the industrialisation started in Nordhausen. WWII saw Nordhausen came to prominence with the establishment of the Peenemunde rocket facility where Werner von Braun worked. With its destruction after extensive Allied bombing a concentration camp was established. After the war it became part of East Germany. This is the second volume in the history. In this book we are given: 1. a history of the city 1802-1914; 2. the war years 1914-1918 and the post war period. The history is followed by a discussion of the arts, theatre and music by Heinrich Heine. The final chapter discusses the architecture of the important buildings of the city, written by August & Friedrich Stolberg.. Very Good- with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 12496

Catalogue: History::Germany::Nordhausen

Keywords: nordhausen Millennial jahrtausend East Germany Thuringia Peenemunde WWI Millennium

MAIER, CHARLES S.

The Unmasterable Past History, Holocaust, and German National Identity, with a New Preface

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998. First Edition; Second Printing. Softcover. ISBN: 0674929772. Light shelfwear to card edges. Small bumps to foredge corners. ; A bright, solid book.; 9.18 X 6.09 X 0.65 inches; 227 pages; "A full depiction of the continuing controversy within the Federal German Republic about the nation's murderous past and haunted present...". Very Good .

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Book number: 16673

Catalogue: History::Germany

Keywords: 0674929772 Nazi Germany WWII

PETER, JOHANNES

Berlin Wall

Berlin: Artshop, 2004. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 3938190019. Light wear to extremities, some scuffing of white card covers. Corners a little bumped, creased upper back cover. ; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; Illustrated History No.1; B&W and Colour Photographs, Maps; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 63 pages; A condensed history of the Berlin wall, from its initial construction in 1961 until its fall in 1989. Includes several uncommon photographs (some double page) of the wall, including many of artwork that appeared on the wall over the years, an eyewitness account of events during November 9 and 10, 1989 (the fall of the wall), and pictures of the celebrations on the day Berlin was re-unified. A large number of photographs and text regarding Checkpoint Charlie are also included.. Very Good- .

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Book number: 16127

Catalogue: History::Germany

Keywords: 3938190019 Germany Cold war Checkpoint Charlie Berlin wall GDR HISTORY

PIKE, DAVID

The Politics of Culture in Soviet-Occupied Germany, 1945

Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0804720932. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, short 1/4" tear in DJ at base of spine. Previous owner's name in ink on FFEP. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Will ship in a box. ; 8.8 X 6.2 X 1.6 inches; 691 pages; "This book examines the political, ideological, and cultural policies pursued by the German Communist of Socialist Unity party, acting upon the instructions of Stalin and his military administration, in Soviet-occupied Germany from 1945 through 1949. During these years, the Communists, in close collaboration with leading officers or diplomats of the Soviet occupation regime, developed a constricting system of organization that guaranteed their control over political as well as cultural processes and allowed both to be used in furthering the specific interests of Soviet foreign policy. The party's public rhetoric - its shifting ideological presuppositions and cultural corollaries - is an especially important aspect of the author's inquiry into German Communist and Soviet objectives; and he bases his analysis of these and other matters upon extensive documentation enriched by a wealth of unpublished material only recently available to scholars since the opening of East German archives.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20007

Catalogue: History::Germany

Keywords: 0804720932 Soviet Russia WWII Occupation post-war RUSSIA Political Science Militaria