For his first 36 years, Hölderlin engaged with the world. The second half of his life - the subject of this book, by the celebrated European philosopher - was spent as a 'madman' in the hom... read more
This study of Hitler's inner circle, from one if the great historians of the Third Reich, sheds new light on how so many 'ordinary Germans' became involved in the crimes of Nazi Germany.
A couple lost their intimacy somewhere along the road of their marriage. Set over a three-week period, away from home, this is a skillful unpicking of connubial and familial dynamics. Krien'... read more
The democratic experiment of 1918-1933, from defeat in WW1 to the rise of the Nazis. Jähner's description of living through this chaotic period is almost as thrilling as Hitchcock.
A gorgeous book on CDF on the 250th anniversary of his birth, to accompany the spectacular exhibition in Hamburg. Notes, essays and outstanding reproductions.
Traces the history of Sefton Delmer, the English propagandist who waged a disinformation war in Nazi Germany, and how that history can help us understand the present.
A nifty little book on this fascinating artist. Queen of collage, doyenne of Dada, Höch's avant-garde approach to paper and photography cut to the heart of Germany's political and cultural ... read more
An exceptional memoir of growing up in northern Germany in the 1930s and of the slide into war. The historian and novelist is warm and humorous as well as observant and meticulous. An unnerv... read more
Seeing the writing on the wall, some Nazi profiteers set about removing their loot from Germany in the early months of 1945: to Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Portugal and South America. Locher... read more
The upheavals of 1930s' Germany created a cultural diaspora as composers and musicians fled abroad: Kurt Weill, Korngold and many lesser-known artists too.
Kampfner began his career as a journalist reporting from East Berlin. Since then he has quartered the city, searched archives, interviewed widely. He loves this city. His last book - Why the... read more
A love affair and its aftermath, set in the closing years of the GDR. The girl is young, the man significantly older; the alteration in their love finds a parallel in the oppression of the r... read more