Abseits der Geschichte

Ortschroniken and Heimatbücher are omnipresent in the memory culture of rural Germany. Although they address rather small audiences, together they represent a mass phenomenon of historiography. However, academic historians have mostly overlooked the importance of these books. Dirk Thomaschke''s study is the first to undertake a country-wide survey of Ortschroniken and Heimatbücher from the post-wa...