Titres dans Allemagne

A “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United States confronted the USSR during the Cold War. In the early 1960s, East Germany committed a...

WWII began with a metallic roar as the German Blitzkrieg raced across Europe, spearheaded by the most dreaded weapon of the 20th century: the Panzer. No German tank better represents that thundering power than the infamous Tiger, and Otto Carius was one of the most successful commanders to ever...

Wer gehörte zum innersten Kreis um Hitler? Welche Funktion erfüllte dieser Hofstaat? Und wie beeinflusste er das Geschichtsbild nach 1945? Auf der Grundlage bisher unbekannter Quellen erforscht Heike Görtemaker Hitlers privates Umfeld und zeigt, wie sein Kreis ihn zu dem machte, der er war. Ihr Buch rückt bis in die nächste Nähe zu Hitler vor und ist zugleich eine brillante Dekonstruktion des Führermythos. Sein innerer Kreis, die Berghof-Gesellschaft, war sein privater Rückzugsraum.

David muss mit seiner Familie Nazideutschland verlassen, um dem drohenden Genozid zu entgehen und wird von seiner großen Jugendliebe Charlotte getrennt. Doch schon auf der Überfahrt nach Amerika lernt er die mysteriöse Annemarie kennen, die ihn komplett in ihren Bann zieht. Es wird für ihn eine Reise voller Zweifel und innerer Zerrissenheit. In der Neuen Welt angekommen, wird er auch hier mit den Problemen von Rassenseparation und Antisemitismus konfrontiert.

The memoir widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in WW1. Storm of Steel is the memoir of German officer Ernst Jünger, based on his time fighting on the Western Front in the First World War from December 1914 to August 1918. The book describes trench warfare in blunt, often...

In 1939, the world was dragged into the most devastating conflict in human history. Empires collapsed. Entire cities burned. Tens of millions of people would never return home. World War 2: A Complete History of WWII and Its Enduring Legacy takes you on a sweeping journey through the conflict that reshaped the modern world. From the lightning strikes of Blitzkrieg in Europe to the brutal island battles of the Pacific, this audiobook explores the war through strategy, politics, and the lives of the people who endured it.

For more than three centuries, one name struck a potent mixture of awe and apprehension into the heart of the Western world: Prussia. How did a poor, resource-starved sandbox principality on the frozen Baltic frontier transform itself into an unassailable superpower? It was a kingdom hammered out not by democratic compromise, but entirely from above through the cold application of iron, blood, and calculating realism. In The Book of Prussia: The Kingdom That Forged Germany, acclaimed author Heinrich Wilson delivers a dense, sweeping chronicle of the Hohenzollern state.

Explore ancient folklore and contested archaeology to decode the mysteries of Germany's most evocative sandstone pillars. Perfect for your daily commute or deep-focus listening, this atmospheric journey transports you directly into the misty heart of the Teutoburg Forest. Here, geological...

Witness the collapse of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism in this gripping European history narrative. Perfect for your daily commute, this unflinching account explores how a fragile modern society plunged into extremism. Discover how economic shock and political resentment paved the...

Unmask the financial deception and dangerous rearmament that built an authoritarian war economy. Perfect for your morning commute, this gripping historical deep-dive reveals how a desperate, unemployed population traded its fragile democracy for the illusion of order and prosperity. Turn your...

»Erinnerung bedeutet, dass etwas bleibt – auch wenn so vieles verschwunden ist« Konrad Bernheimer ist vier Jahre alt, als ihn sein Großvater 1954 aus Venezuela, wohin die jüdische Familie vor den Nazis geflohen ist, nach München zurückholt – dorthin, wo die Bernheimers als Kunst- und Antiquitätenhändler verwurzelt waren. Zusammen mit ihm auf die Reise machen sich seine venezolanische Mutter und seine Schwestern. Auch sein Vater Kurt sollte mit der Familie zurückkehren, doch dazu kam es nicht...

Bloomsbury presents The Downfall of Money by Frederick Taylor, read by Gordon Griffin A hundred years ago, many theorists believed--just as they did at the beginning of our twenty-first century--that the world had reached a state of economic perfection, a never before seen human interdependence...

Bloomsbury presents Coventry by Frederick Taylor, read by Leighton Pugh On 14 November 1940 the historic city of Coventry was subjected to the longest and most devastating air raid Britain had yet witnessed. After eleven hours of relentless bombardment by the German Luftwaffe, residents emerged...

From a master historian and the critically acclaimed author of Lenin, comes a dramatic and gripping account of the political and cultural upheavals that lead to the death of democracy in Weimar era Germany—a story ripped out of today’s headlines. In this masterful work of history, Victor...

An Instant Sunday Times Bestseller! "Livingstone’s deeply researched, unfailingly fascinating book gives the many extraordinary women at or near the centre of the Nuremberg trials their proper, important, and often ignored place in history" —Salman Rushdie Bestselling author and historian...

Bloomsbury presents Unknown Enemy by Charles Dick, read by Richard Trinder. The harrowing true story of Organisation Todt, the builders-turned-killers at the center of the Nazi war machine. Whether it was military fortifications or grand cities designed to follow victory, Adolf Hitler turned to...

In this compelling study Max Hastings addresses the big human and military questions. Why did the Allies not win the war in 1944, when they were vastly stronger than the Germans? Why did the Russians produce the best generals? What was it like to fight the British, American, German and Soviet...

'A lyrical, fascinating, important book. More than just a family story, it is an essay on belonging, denying, pretending, self-deception and, at least for the main characters, survival.' Literary Review 'Simon May's remarkable How to Be a Refugee is a memoir of family secrets with a ruminative...

Longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 'Funny, erudite, frequently irritating . . . and never boring' – Sarah Bakewell, Financial Times 'An excellent, rich and amusing read' – The Times, Book of the Week For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar...

The Sunday Times Bestseller and insipration behind David Mitchell's Unruly. 'Entertaining and informative . . . Delightful' – Independent There are many reasons to be fascinated by Germany: forests, architecture and fairy tales, not to mention its history and inhabitants’ penchant for very...