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If you want to discover the captivating history of the Holy Roman Empire, then pay attention... Two captivating manuscripts in one audiobook: The Holy Roman Empire and The Carolingian Empire. Throughout the story of the Holy Roman Empire, a wealth of fascinating tales from interesting people proliferates. Monks and emperors will clash, poets sing the praises of kings, and the pope rides blind and bareback on a frightened donkey through the streets of Rome.

Warum kämpften die Deutschen im Zweiten Weltkrieg bis zum bitteren Ende? Warum funktionierte ein untergehendes System bis zum Schluss? Ian Kershaw erklärt in seinem neuen Werk, wie Hitlers Regime bis zum Ende durchhalten konnte, und analysiert die letzten Monate zwischen dem Stauffenberg-Attentat im Juli 1944 und dem Kriegsende im Mai 1945. In diesem außergewöhnlichen Feature werden Auszüge aus dem Buch mit O-Tönen aus der Epoche angereichert.

Kaiser Friedrich Wilhelm II, who occupied the throne of the German Empire for more than 30 years from June 1888 to November 1918, remains as much an enigma in death as he was in life. Over 70 years after his death in 1941, the mention of his name still sparks unsettled debates among historians. Was he the duty-bound, hands-on leader and passionate pro-British reformer who ruled in challenging times, seemingly mild in comparison to Hitler?

Autumn 1945 saw the start of the Nuremberg trials, in which high ranking representatives of the Nazi government were called to account for their war crimes. In a curious yet fascinating twist, witnesses for the prosecution and the defense were housed together in a villa on the outskirts of town. The Witness House reveals the social structures that allowed a cruel and unjust regime to flourish and serves as a symbol of the blurred boundaries between accuser and accused that would come to form the basis of postwar Germany.

Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people in the know. This hybrid language, dubbed Rotwelsch, facilitated survival for people in flight - whether escaping persecution or just down on their luck. It was a language of the road associated with vagabonds, travelers, Jews, and thieves that blended words from Yiddish, Hebrew, German, Romani, Czech, and other European languages and was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as being in a pickle. This renegade language unsettled those in power.

The Holocaust is the defining event of the twentieth century and perhaps all of modern history. Yet for too long, we have ignored the vital question of how and why such a monstrous event could have happened at all. Now, in How Could This Happen, historian Dan McMillan distills the existing Holocaust research into a cogent explanation of the genocide’s causes, revealing how a once progressive society like Germany could commit murder on such a massive scale.

In the bitterly cold forests along Germany's western frontier, the 8-mile ridge of the Schnee Eifel became the unlikely site of three brutal battles. This is a gripping account of the US 4th Infantry Division's ill-fated assault in September 1944, their months-long stalemate with German forces, and the catastrophic consequences of tactical misjudgments that led to one of the largest American surrenders of the war.

In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they...

Goering, Goebbels, Himmler, Heydrich, Hess, Bormann - names synonymous with power and influence in the Third Reich. Perhaps less familiar are Carin, Emmy, Magda, Margarete, Lina, Ilse, and Gerda. These are the women behind the infamous men - complex individuals with distinctive personalities who were captivated by Hitler and whose everyday lives were governed by Nazi ideology. Throughout the rise and fall of Nazism these women loved and lost, raised families, and quarreled with their husbands and each other, all the while jostling for position with the Fuhrer himself.

To secure the future of the Nazi party, Hitler needed to create a generation of young Germans steeped in Nazi ideology, physically fit and ready to fight and die for their country. The result was the Hitler Youth, founded in 1922, which by war-time constituted the single most successful mass movement in the Third Reich and comprised many of its most committed Nazis.

Warum die BRD nicht ohne die DDR zu verstehen ist – und umgekehrt. Ursula Weidenfeld legt eine Geschichte des doppelten Deutschland vor, wie sie so noch nicht geschrieben wurde. Bisher gibt es, zumindest in der westdeutschen Erinnerung, die Bundesrepublik (oder ganz einfach: »Deutschland«) und daneben die DDR, üblicherweise als der »zweite deutsche Staat« bezeichnet. Deren Geschichte wird immer von hinten erzählt, vom Ende her – das ist die übliche Strafe für gescheiterte Staaten.

Das Stück über ihn erinnert nicht nur an die Aufbruchstimmung in Zeiten der Weimarer Republik, es zeichnet auch den Zusammenbruch eines Deutschlands nach, das sein Heil im Faschismus suchte. Vom gefeierten Autor des expressionistischen Dramas Der Sohn über den entschiedenen Gegner des Ersten wie Zweiten Weltkriegs und Komödienschreiber hin zum durch Europa Flüchtenden auf der Suche nach einem Ort, der ihm vor den Schergen des Dritten Reichs Schutz bieten sollte, ist das Drama Hasenclever das Porträt einer Zeit, die unter Krieg und Diktatur litt.

The untold story of the real, extraordinary people who inspired Christopher Isherwood's characters in Cabaret, the landmark Broadway musical and Oscar-winning film, and the vibrant Bohemia that escaped from Berlin or endured under the Nazi regime Even diehard fans of the movie remain unaware...

A sweeping, definitive history of the dynamic, expansionist dynasty that forged the Middle Ages—and Europe—as we know it Today, the Carolingians are best known as the dynasty of Charlemagne. In a few remarkable decades spanning the late eighth and early ninth centuries, Charlemagne united...

Carsten Dams und Michael Stolle untersuchen in ihrem Buch Anspruch und Wirklichkeit der Gestapo. Dabei spannen sie den Bogen von der späten Weimarer Republik über die Verbrechen des Nationalsozialismus in Deutschland und Europa bis zu den Prozessen gegen Gestapobeamte nach 1945. Entstanden ist eine souveräne Synthese auf dem Stand der neuesten Forschung.

Deutschland existiert seit 1871. Aber was war davor? Zweitausend Jahre lang war der Raum zwischen Rhein und Oder namenlos, gespalten, vergessen. Kein Reich wie Frankreich. Keine Insel wie England. Kein Königreich wie Spanien. Nur ein Flickenteppich aus Stämmen, Fürstentümern, Kriegen. Rom kam nie wirklich. Die stärksten Germanen zogen weg — nach Italien, Spanien, England. Zurück blieben die, die nicht gehen konnten. Das Heilige Römische Reich war eine hohle Hülle, ein Kaiser ohne Macht. Die Reformation zerriss das Land. Der Dreißigjährige Krieg tötete Millionen. Dann kam Preußen.

Da de russiske tropper nåede Berlin i april 1945, indtog de en ruinhob befolket af udmattede og udsultede skygger. Gennem dagbøger, interviews og nazisternes egne fortrolige overvågningsrapporter tegner den britiske historiker Roger Moorhouse et levende og detaljeret portræt af berlinernes liv under Anden Verdenskrig. Berlin i krig er en fortælling om mod, moral og frygtelige forbrydelser blandt almindelige berlinere. Alle blev de vidne til krigens rædsler og den ydmygende skæbne, der blev deres hjemby til del.

They were a small group of conspirators who risked their lives by plotting relentlessly to obstruct and destroy the Third Reich from within. The Gestapo nicknamed this shadowy confederation of traitors the “Black Orchestra.” This is their tension-filled story. As the “Final Solution”...

For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II. Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward...

"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane war in history."―Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and...