Theodor Eicke, gescheiterter Unterzahlmeister des Ersten Weltkriegs, wurde erst zum Kommandanten des KZ Dachau, dann zu einem der fanatischsten SS-Generale, ehe er 1943 den Tod an der Ostfront fand.
Des rives du Delta de l'Orenoque aux falaises escarpees de la Porte d'Enfer, l'auteur retrace l'itineraire de Patamon, dernier survivant des Arawaks, peuple premier des Antilles.
This book presents corresponding images and essays of fifty early modern artefacts of encounters between European explorers and indigenous peoples, addressing relationships and material exchanges that extend beyond this framework to encompass diverse interactions across early modern societies.
This book examines the leadership of Gerardo Salvador Merino, the chief director of the Sindicatos, fascist-controlled unions under the Franco Regime, and his plan to send 100,000 volunteer Spanish workers to Nazi Germany.
Providing an inclusive history of the entire territory and people of medieval Europe from 250 to1450, this volume examines not just the political history but the rich social and cultural history, too.
En los siglos XVI y XVII vieron la luz una amplia galería de mujeres que se abrieron paso en el mundo de los negocios y la empresa, contrariando la norma, pero no la ley, configurándose en pioneras.
How was it possible that, in a rather peaceful and, to all intents and purposes, not particularly antisemitic Dutch society, more than 75% of the Jewish population were arrested, deported or murdered in concentration camps during the Shoah?
This book uncovers the extent to which the Gehlen Organization, the intelligence organization created by the United States at the end of World War Two, recruited and used controversial individuals who had been heavily involved in the atrocities committed by the Nazis.
Generations after war and violence the experiences are engraved in memories and influence individual and collective attitudes toward political and social conflicts.
Die SS verstand sich als weltanschauliche Elite des Nationalsozialismus und betrieb deshalb mit großem Aufwand ein System der weltanschaulichen Schulung und Erziehung, das hier erstmals in seinem Gesamtzusammenhang dargestellt wird.
Un bandit d'honneur ou bien social est un hors la loi que le Seigneur et l'Etat considerent comme un criminel, contrairement a la societe paysanne a laquelle il appartient, pour qui il est plutot un heros, un champion, un vengeur, un justicier, qui vole les riches pour donner aux pauvres.
"In ihrem Rundtempel auf dem Forum Romanum hüteten die sechs jungfräulichen Priesterinnen der Vesta Tag und Nacht das ewige Feuer sowie weitere Heil(ig)tümer, die Roms Existenz sichern sollten.
This book redefines feminist discourse by exploring the intersections of decolonial feminisms across various geopolitical contexts, emphasising the integration of local and indigenous narratives that challenge colonial epistemologies.
'A trenchant and invaluable people's history of the bottom of the pyramid in the world's most populous nation' Financial Times What does the life of an ordinary working-class, Muslim woman look and feel like in modern India?
Die Autorin vergleicht die Handlungsmöglichkeiten und Sprechweisen im ländlich geprägten Umfeld der drei Konzentrationslager Bergen-Belsen, Esterwegen und Moringen.
Also known as the Lemegeton, The Lesser Key of Solomon is a foundational grimoire of demonology, cataloguing the names, attributes, seals, and conjurations of 72 spirits said to have been summoned and commanded by King Solomon.
This book analyzes and summarizes the narrative motifs of Chinese mythology, before tracing their material and cultural elements using the new classification of Big Tradition and Small Tradition theories of culture from the field of literary anthropology, as well as related interdisciplinary theories from literary anthropology and archaeology.
Exploring the reception and representation of Viking culture in audiovisual media, particularly in cinema and television, this book offers a comprehensive chronological overview of films and television programmes produced in the period from the early 20th century to the present.
The fascinating and wide-ranging history of vanilla, from the sixteenth century to today Vanilla is one of the most expensive of flavorings-so valuable that it was smuggled or stolen by pirates in the early days-and yet it is everywhere.
In this book of poetry, Martin Herskovitz, the son of Holocaust survivors, manifests a language of remembrance that describes not the desolation and destruction, but rather the possibility of grieving, of finding compassion and healing.
Even before we get to introduce ourselves by name, our hair has already started to tell stories about who we are, where we are from and where we are at.
Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.
Accessible and comprehensive, this book puts forth an innovative perspective on international aid, going beyond top-down attempts to centre local voices and practices.
A personal Holocaust memoir, historically rich and deeply contextual, that traces intertwined family stories through Nazi and Soviet terrorand postwar challenges of survival and rebuilding.
