History

General historical sources

Link-lists

Virtual Library Geschichte
Geschichte im Internet Dortmunder Linkkatalog zur Geschichtswissenschaft
Clio-online. Fachportal für die Geschichtswissenschaften New! DFG-supported site
History Guide ... and ...
historicum.net: Webguide Geschichte Joint projects from Munich and Göttingen

Newsgroups, research, events

Homepages of email discussion groups. Sites offer archives of messages, book reviews, news and events etc

H-German
H-Soz-u-Kult
historicum.net geschichtswissenschaftliche Informationsangebote im Internet
Nachrichtendienst für Historiker Press articles, web search engines, book announcements, newsgroups etc

Journals and reviews

sehepunkte: Rezensionsjournal für die Geschichtswissenschaften Monthly reviewing journal
zeitenblicke: Online-journal für die Geschichtswissenschaften New address; now complete online, 2002 on

Scripta Paedagogica online New! Pedagogical and "moral conduct" journals and reference works from the 18th century onwards available in full text

Bibliographic and biographical databases and reference works

Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) und Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) Text of the ADB complete, of the NDB currently A-S
Deutsches RechtsWörterbuch (DRW) New!
Historische Bibliographie Online now complete and freely accessible online (1990 on)
Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte Data since 1974 now available online
Zeitschriftenfreihandmagazin searchable lists of the contents pages of major history journals, Festschriften and exhibition catalogues. Now includes English titles too
Zeitschriftenschau Geschichte New! From the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Contents pages of history journals - as above, far fewer titles but up to date.
Österreichische Historische Bibliographie data since 1945, searchable by subject, author etc.
Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon From Verlag Traugott Bautz. Alphabetic index to entries and full-text search
Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon Dictionary of 3000 Christian saints and holy people, with glossary, illustrations, maps
Marxists Internet Archive New! Marxist writers, history, encyclopedia etc

Descendants of Charlemagne
WW-Person database of the higher nobility in Europe
Almanach de Gotha 1763-2009 New! Register of the reigning and formerly reigning imperial and royal sovereign houses of Europe
An online Gotha New! Compiled by Paul Theroff
Deutschland: Könige, Kaiser, Staatschefs
Brandenburg-Preußen: Markgrafen, Kurfürsten, Könige

Museums, archives, organizations

webmuseen: Museen und Ausstellungen im deutschsprachigen Raum
Virtual Library Museen indexes German-language sites
Links zu weiteren Museen im Internet from the Deutsches Historisches Museum
BundesarchivNew!
- Das Digitale Bildarchiv des Bundesarchivs New!
Deutsches Historisches Museum
- LeMO: Lebendiges virtuelles Museum Online 20th century history in texts, animations, film and sound documents etc. Available in 2- and 3D versions (3D requires VRML capability)
Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Historisches Centrum Hagen
German Historical Institute, London
German Historical Institute, Washington D.C.
German History Society (UK) With an index to the society's journal German History
Imperial War Museum
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam: archive holdings on Germany

Repositories of primary sources: Europe Mostly archives and libraries
Deutsche Archive im Internet
Zentrale Datenbank Nachlässe New! Bundesarchiv site indexing 21,000 collections of personal papers in German archives
Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen
- Index Deutscher Stiftungen

Historical monuments

Denkmale in Deutschland
Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz
Denkmalschutz from Klaus Graf's Freiburg site. Indexes lots of useful monument sites
Deutsche Denkmalschutzgesetze und Denkmalämter im Internet
Deutsche Burgenvereinigung e.V.

Historical documents and maps

For document collections from particular periods see the period sections below

German History in Documents and Images New! From the German Historical Institute, Washington DC
History of Germany: primary documents documents from the early Germanic kingdoms to the unification treaties - some in translation

Internet Modern History Sourcebook part of the huge Fordham text archive
Glasnost Archiv: Deutsche Geschichte Documents, articles etc on German history since 1800 with a socialist emphasis. Many links are still blind
Documentarchiv.de Collection of German historical documents from the 19th century onwards
Marxist writers New! Archive of Marxist texts

Historical newspapers

Deutsche Geschichte in der Berliner Presse New! Facsimiles of articles on historical events from Berlin newspapers, 1848-1990
Polunbi: Datenbank Schrift und Bild 1900-1960 New! "Unofficial" site of the Zentralstelle für die Verfolgung unzüchtiger Bilder und Schriften in Berlin. Interesting data on newspapers, censorship etc.

Historical maps

HGIS: Historisch-geographisches Informationssystem 1820-1914 New! Generates historical maps by period and (German) region
IEG-MAPS: Server für digitale historische Karten German and European historical maps since 1800

Nineteenth Century

Encyclopedia of 1848 revolutions
1848: Flugschriften im Netz Broadsheets, posters and pamphlets from the 1848 revolutions. From Frankfurt University Library
Revolution 1848 New! Broadsheets etc from the Austrian National Library
Protokolle des Reichstags 1867-1895
Ferdinand Lassalle: Briefe und Schriften New! Digital version of the 6-volume 1920s edition

Twentieth Century

LeMO: Lebendiges virtuelles Museum Online 20th century history in texts, maps, animations, film and sound documents etc. from the Deutsches Historisches Museum. Available in 2- and 3D versions (3D requires VRML capability)
Virtual Library Zeitgeschichte Deutsche Datenquellen zur Geschichte
Zeitgeschichte-online Subject portal for contemporary history - online resources, news, reviews etc
ZIS: Zeitgeschichte Information System Including database of websites concentrating on contemporary history
FeldGrau.com German military history research site 1919-1945
FES-Netz-Quelle: Geschichte und Politik Online documents from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Library

World War I

First World War New! History, encyclopedia, documents etc
World War I sites
World War I document archive Primary documents, memoirs, biographical dictionary, commentary articles etc
International Internet Encyclopedia of the First World War
Chronology and battles of World War I from the Isaac Rosenberg site at Oxford
The Heritage of the Great War
The Versailles Treaty New from San Diego: the treaty text, plus sources, maps, charts, photos and cartoons
Maps of World War I from the US Military Academy
The Great War and the shaping of the twentieth century New! PBS/BBC site

Weimar Republic

Akten der Reichskanzlei: Weimarer Republik New! Sitzungsprotokolle und zentrale Dokumente. From the Bundesarchiv
Fes-Netz-Quelle: historische Quellen zum Rechtsextremismus New! Documents against Fascism and Nazism from 1923-1934, downloadable in PDF format. From the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

World War II

Zweiter Weltkrieg From the VL Geschichte, Drittes Reich. Only in German
World War II links on the Internet
World War II resources primary source materials on the Web etc
World War II: documents from the Avalon Project, Yale. Searchable by keyword or browsable by document
World War II resources on the Internet

World War II New - the BBC site. Texts by reputable scholars
WW II in color New! c. 2000 colour pictures of the war
The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives New! From the National Collection of Aerial Photography, RCAHMS. Wartime aerial photographs of Europe
World War II maps by date Collection of over 100 strategic maps, compiled by the University of San Diego, arranged chronologically by engagement, covering all theatres of the war. Thumbnails of all maps open automatically
Maps of World War II: European theater from the US Military Academy
The Generals of World War II Biographical details by country
World War II Timeline
World War II in Europe Timeline

Spoliation of works of art during the Holocaust and World War II period: useful contacts Organizations, websites and bibliography on works of art etc looted during World War II
Looted art: Verluste deutscher Museen und Bibliotheken infolge des Zweiten Weltkriegs Refers only to losses from Sachsen-Anhalt

Berliner Unterwelten e.V. New! Site for underground tunnels, bunkers, flak towers etc in Berlin. As seen on Five
Bunker in Braunschweig

Postwar (West) Germany

Zeitgeschichtliches Archiv New! 500.000 Datensätze zu Themen und Personen der Zeitgeschichte aller Länder von 1946-1992. Needs free registration
Das geteilte Deutschland: 1949-89 From the Deutsches Historisches Museum
60 x Deutschland New! TV clips from 60 years of German history, culture, politics etc. Available in annual overviews or from an event timeline
Cold War International History Project Includes the CWIHP Bulletin and working papers on Germany during the Cold War
The Berlin Airlift: documentary materials
The Marshall Plan: study collection
NATO Papers from the Truman Presidential Museum and Library
nadir New! Left-wing politics and social movements: documents, contacts etc
APO-Zeit Sources, articles etc on the Ausserparlamentarische Opposition (1960s-1970s)
Aufruhr und Revolte: 2. Juni 1967
1968: Vorgeschichte und Konsequenzen
Baader-Meinhof.com
BRD 1977: Der Polizeistaat in Aktion. Texte und Dokumente zum "Deutschen Herbst"
Rote Armee Fraktion: Texte und Materialien zur Geschichte der RAF ID Verlag 1977. PDF version (272 pp).
Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung

The unified Federal Republic

Berlin Reichstag links including its wrapping by Christo in 1995. From the former Kulturbox site
Gegen Vergessen - Für Demokratie e.V. Non-partisan organization against right-wing extremism
Arbeitsstelle Neonazismus at the Fachhochschule Düsseldorf
Beyond "normalisation": politics, culture and society in Germany in the Social Democratic era New! Website for the British Academy-funded collaborative project

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