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A section of the Virtual Library Germany and part of the Virtual Library History (University of Kansas), the Virtual Library Geschichte attempts to bundle up the existing Web content within the area of German-language history and to offer this content in a well-structured way.
Bibliothek des Instituts für Zeitgeschichte
A specialized library on German history in the 20th century.
Main focus: National Socialism and the Third Reich.
Link catalogue by Dortmund University on history.
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Düsseldorf
The Düsseldorf Virtual Library, field of history.
A specialised information guide for Internet resources on the history-related special subject collections of SUB Göttingen (the State and University Library of Lower Saxony at Göttingen) and the BSB München (Bavarian State Library).
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
An independent institute funded by the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Berlin specialising in problem-oriented basic research in the social sciences.
Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ)
The Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaften (IZ) [Information Center for the Social Sciences] documents and communicates information on the state of the art in research and on literature for the field of social sciences in the German-speaking countries and on social sciences-related research activities in Eastern Europe.
LeMO: Lebendiges virtuelles Museum Online
Together, the Fraunhofer Institute of Software and System Technology (ISST), the German Historical Museum (DHM) in Berlin and the Haus der Geschichte of the Federal Republic of Germany (HdG), based in Bonn, present German history from 1900 until today on the Internet.
Allows a search for anniversaries, birthdays, subjects etc.
DadA: Datenbank des deutschsprachigen Anarchismus Berlin/Köln
Anarchism research (from 1800 to the present): The DadA project intends to support communication and cooperation within the field of German-language anarchism research by offering documentation of German-language anarchistic literature and press, basic texts, book recommendations, links, and further information.
A project by the Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main in cooperation with the Institut für Telematik der Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität.
Search options: chronologically, by persons and by reference numbers.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Minutes of the Reichstag 1867-1895
Full tex search in the consolidated index / speakers index
Parliament of the North German Confederation, 1867-1870: Volume 1-19
German Customs Parliament 1868-1870: Volume 20-22
German Reichstag 1871-1895: Volume 23-164
Consolidated Index (Images)1867-1895
German History in the Berlin Press: Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
Full text from newspapers, e.g., "Vossische Zeitung" and "Vorwärts" on individual dates.
Governmental system, statistics, elections, election results; many fulltexts etc.
Deutsche Bibliothek: Digital Exile Press, German Exile Press 1933-1945
Newspapers and periodicals: full texts (24 titles).
Arbeitskreis Shoa.de: The Shoa and the Holocaust
Information, texts and a collection of links (citizens' action group).
Germany since 1945: Goethe-Institute
Timeline, full texts and lots of information.
Chronik der Wende : Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB)
Allows for a chronological search.
German Bundestag - Plenary Sessions Minutes
Full texts, Bundestag printed matters, minutes, election results and lots of other information.
A joint project of the 16 state parliaments. Minutes, state parliament minutes; full text search is possible. The index data base goes back to 1980.
Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets, Bochum
A collection of data, events, images and sounds and "ordinary highlights" from 1946 onwards.
Historisches Centrum Hagen - online - (HCO)
The region of Southern Westphalia and the Ruhr District, timeline and lots of other information.
Preussen-Chronik / Ostdeutscher Rundfunk Brandenburg (ORB)
Timeline from 1618 - 1947; full texts and lots of other information.
International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI)
A library network in the field of international labour movement and social history.
International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Institute of Contemporary History, University of Vienna
Special library on contemporary history.
Verein für Geschichte der Arbeiterbewegung, Vienna:
Sources on the history of the Austrian labour movement.
Schweizerisches Sozialarchiv, Zurich:
Swiss and international social and contemporary history.
US Holocaust Museum = United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC:
Many texts, pictures and links on this topic.
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