Each year, the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History presents an annual selection of around 400 documents on the foreign policy of the Federal Republic of Germany, as soon as documents are ready to be declassified. The documents are annotated and academically prepared for publication in Akten zur Auswärtigen Politik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (“Documents in the Foreign Policy of the Federal Republic of Germany” – AAPD), providing a crucial contribution to historical research. 

Mit dem Editionsprojekt Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland 1933–1945 entsteht eine repräsentative und umfassende wissenschaftliche Dokumentenedition zur Judenverfolgung.

This project (along with the German edition Die Verfolgung und Ermordung der europäischen Juden durch das nationalsozialistische Deutschland 1933-1945) provides a representative and comprehensive academic edition of documents on the persecution of Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies.

Deutschland und die Sowjetunion 1933-1941. Dokumente aus russischen und deutschen Archiven is an edition combining German and (translated) Russian sources, providing a new basis for research on the countries’ bilateral relations – and thus those of European countries as a whole – during the 1930s.

In Die Tagebücher von Joseph Goebbels, all of Goebbels’ diaries are provided in their final full form as corrected by Goebbels – since 1941 including a report on the military state of affairs before each entry. The entries are also accompanied by the data relevant to their use in the edition, with a short description of their provenance.

The complete edition of the diaries covers approximately 98% of the materials written or dictated by Goebbels. Each volume provides indexes of persons and places. This edition is a singular source as the sole personal testimony of a top-level National Socialist politician maintained continually over a period of two decades.

The edition concludes with a complete index.

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Hitler’s speeches, papers, and orders appeared as Hitler. Reden, Schriften, Anordnungen: München 1991-2000, 6 volumes in 12 parts plus index and a supplementary volume Der Hitler-Prozeß 1924 (“The Hitler Trial, 1924”) in 4 parts, €68 / sFr 117 per volume part. ISBN 3-598-21930-X

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This edition covers documents of the period leading up to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, edited by the Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) and the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History.

Reconstruction of lost archival materials. Collections from other sources, with correspondence, transcripts of meetings, etc. from Hitler’s deputy and his staff and from the Chancellery of the National Socialist Party, its  offices, departments and sub-divisions, along with personal materials of Rudolf Hess and Martin Bormann. Edited by Helmut Heiber in cooperation with Hildegard von Kotze and Ino Arndt.

Microfiche edition with supplementary volumes, edited by the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History. (Co-production Oldenbourg/Saur) ISBN 3-598-30260-6 (Saur) Microfiche edition of the materials, 1983-1992. Approx. 200,000 pages on 491 silver microfilms. Magnification 48x. ISBN 3-598-30274-6

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Herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und dem Institut für Zeitgeschichte. 1996-1999. 3 Bände und
1 Erschließungsband. ISBN 3-598-23680-8

Studies and Sources on the History of Auschwitz, edited by the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History: Four volumes appeared in the series in 2000, which emerged from an institute project on Auschwitz.

This edition on “Resistance as High Treason” covers trials of German citizens before the Reichsgericht (Reich Court of Justice), the Volksgerichtshof (“People’s Court”), and the Reichskriegsgericht (Reich Court-Martial). Microfiche edition, edited for the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History by Jürgen Zarusky and Hartmut Mehringer.

Approx. 74,000 pages on 754 fiches including an index volume. Magnification 24x. 1994-98. Diazo. ISBN 3-598-33670-5 Silver. ISBN 3-598-33673-X

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