Attendees at the event received a hard copy of the “Lochner Version” of Hitler’s speech for reference through the lecture: **** Hitler’s Speech to the Leading Wehrmacht Generals on the Obersalzberg. 22 August 1939 (“Lochner …
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Adam R. Seipp, review of Mikkel Dack’s “Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation”
Mikkel Dack. Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 350 PP. Cloth $110.00. ISBN 9781009216333. The Fragebogen (Questionnaire) was a ubiquitous feature of …
Caroline Kita, review of Kerry Wallach, Aya Elyada, eds. “German-Jewish Studies: Next Generations”
Kerry Wallach and Aya Elyada, eds. German-Jewish Studies: Next Generations. New York: Berghahn Press, 2023. 278 PP. Cloth $145.00. ISBN 9781800736771. What is German-Jewish studies? From where did this field emerge and where is it …
Oral History: Sander L. Gilman
Narrator: Sander L. Gilman Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 8 June 2023 Transcribed by: Skye Doney, Matthew Greene Format: Audio Duration: 57 minutes, 37 seconds Sander L. Giman biography: Sander L. Gilman is a distinguished professor emeritus …
Joshua Shelly, review of Marc Volovici’s “German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism”
Marc Volovici. German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020. 352 PP. Cloth $65.00. ISBN: 9781503612303. How do we understand the field of German Jewish Studies? Given …
Daniel G. Hummel, review of Anne Perez’s “Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives”
Anne Perez. Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2023. 277 PP. Paper $27.00. ISBN: 9781506481166. A small thought experiment: a non-academic friend texts you, “What book would you recommend as an introduction to …
Inaugural Columbia University Mosse Lecture: Steven E. Aschheim, “George L. Mosse: Historian of Fascism, Masculinity, and Nationalism”
27 April 2023 Steven E. Aschheim, “George L. Mosse: Historian of Fascism, Masculinity, and Nationalism” Claudia Breger: My name is Claudia Breger, I’m the chair of the department of Germanic studies and languages here. And …
Stanley Payne, review of Emilio Gentile’s “Storia del fascismo” and “Totalitarismo 100”
Emilio Gentile. Storia del fascismo. Bari-Rome: Laterza, 2022. xxi, 1350 PP. Cloth 38€. ISBN: 9788858148914. Emilio Gentile. Totalitarismo 100. Ritorno alla storia. Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2023. 204 PP. Cloth 21€. ISBN: 9788869737794. Fascism died in …
Oral History: Mark A. Stoler
Narrator: Mark A. Stoler Interviewer: Skye Doney, Kilian Harrer Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed by: Skye Doney Format: Audio Duration: 38 minutes, 55 seconds Mark A. Stoler biography: Mark A. Stoler is Professor Emeritus of …
Oral History: Alfred Kelly
Narrator: Alfred Kelly Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 16 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 35 Seconds Alfred Kelly Biography: Alfred Kelly is the Edgar B. Graves Professor of …
Yuan Chang, review of Nicolas Berg’s “The Holocaust and the West German Historians: Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory”
Nicolas Berg. The Holocaust and the West German Historians: Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory. Trans. and ed. Joel Golb. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2015. 346 PP. Paper $34.95. ISBN: 9780299300845. The Holocaust and the …
ANN: Then Came Armageddon – A Digital Exhibit
The struggle, grit, pain, and reality of life during the Great War – World War I – are brought into a new light as a unique online exhibition is unveiled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
Emma Kuby, review of Elissa Mailänder’s “Amour, mariage, sexualité. Une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950)”
Elissa Mailänder. Amour, mariage, sexualité. Une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950). Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2021. 512 PP. Paper €24.00. ISBN: 9782021459241. In 1995, an elderly Austrian woman stood before the photographic evidence of Nazi …
Oral History: Lawrence Baron
Narrator: Lawrence Baron Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 20 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 1 hour, 57 minutes, 13 seconds Lawrence Baron Biography: Professor Emeritus Lawrence Baron held the Nasatir Chair of Modern …
Elisheva Carlebach, Mosse Lecture 03: Seminar- Records and the Forgotten Jewish Women
Gender and the Jewish Archive Lecture 1: The Jewish Archives of Early Modern Europe Lecture 2: Records and the Forgotten Jewish Women Lecture (seminar) 3: Jewish Court Records- Gender and “Jewish Autonomy” The venue …
Oral History: Gerda Lerner
Narrator: Gerda Lerner (1921-2013) Interviewer: Barry Teicher (1949-2016) Date: 18 and 22 November 2000 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 4 hours, 3 minutes Oral History Project Interview #554 Gerda Lerner Biography: Gerda Lerner …
Sean Andrew Wempe, review of Matthew Unangst’s “Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905”
Matthew Unangst, Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. 320 PP. Cloth $85.00. ISBN: 9781487543402. Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905 charts …
Christopher A. Molnar, review of Lauren Stokes’s “Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany”
Lauren Stokes. Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 312 PP. Cloth $35.00. ISBN: 9780197558416. One morning in late August 2022, …
Oral History: Christopher Hexter
Narrator: Christopher Hexter Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 25 minutes, 59 seconds **To access the OHMS oral history page for Christopher Hexter, which allows listeners to …
Oral History: Paul Buhle
Narrator: Paul Buhle Interviewer: Troy Reeves, John Tortorice Dates: 26 February 2014, 19 May 2014, 10 June 2014 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 3 hours, 8 minutes Oral History Program Interview #1372 …
Oral History: Renato Moro
Narrator: Renato Moro Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 27 March 2018 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes Renato Moro biography: Renato Moro is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at Roma …
Christopher Hommerding, review of Stephen Vider’s “The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II”
Stephen Vider. The Queerness of Home: Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Domesticity after World War II. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2021. 304 PP. Paper $29.00. ISBN: 9780226808369. Just about twenty years ago I …
Susanna Cassisa, review of W. Jake Newsome’s “Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust”
W. Jake Newsome. Pink Triangle Legacies: Coming Out in the Shadow of the Holocaust. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2022. 286 PP. Cloth $34.95. ISBN: 9781501765155. Since its appearance on the iconic “Silence = Death” …
Haley E. R. Cooper, “Playing with the Past: The Ghost of Houdini Lives in a Texas Escape Room”
Locked in a 10×10 cubicle in the basement of an office building, a zombie on a chain chased me while my friends solved puzzles to get us out. When we escaped with seven seconds to …
Oral History: Laurence Lerner
Narrator: Laurence Lerner Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: August 10, 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Total Length: 1 hour, 39 minutes, 57 seconds Begin Track 1, August 10, 2022 Doney: Yeah, so …