In May 1917 twenty-seven residents of Landau (Württemberg) sent a long petition to the
German Reichstag. The group, which included doctors, pastors, teachers, and industrialists …

The whorehouse here is full, and I do what I can. But my work is mainly effective for those in
command, and less so with the rank and file. The pastors and the doctors know that most of …

As londoners journeyed to work, school or to the local grocery store in 1918, they may have
stopped to look at a colorful poster entitled “The Hun and the Home”(Figure 6.1). If so, they …

Discusses whether or not local history can constitute total history. Insights from a symposium
held at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, on February 25 …

This chapter examines relationships between German women and the approximately 1.2
million prisoners of war (POWs) from Russia, France, England, Serbia, and Poland who …

To discuss the connections between place, nature, and identity, and the dilemmas of
modern German history that derive from them, James Retallack (University of Toronto) and …

In 1914, a madrasa teacher wrote a letter to the Ministry of Interior Affairs demanding the
state prohibit all acts 'incompatible with Islam'including the operation of taverns and …

The present reprint contains an introduction, bibliography, annotations, index, maps, and
photographs (from Graham's album in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library), items not …

Mark Celinscak's new book reminds us of the complexities of military “liberation” and of the
immense sufering that continued after the end of the Holocaust. When Allied troops reached …

Sexual encounters between soldiers and civilians on the fighting fronts became frequent
and sustained as the German Army shifted from expedition/invasion to occupation …