The German Yearbook of Contemporary History targets English-speaking readers with interests in the history of the 20th and 21st centuries. Each volume is dedicated to a specific topic. It is published by the Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History and contains translated articles from the leading German journal Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte as well as previously unpublished articles and commentaries.

Volume 8: History and Historiography: Zeitgeschichte and the Challenge of the German Past

Edited by Thomas Schlemmer, Susanna Schrafstetter, and Alan E. Steinweis

The Munich-based Institut für Zeitgeschichte (IfZ—Leibniz Institute for Contemporary History) is celebrating its seventy-fifth birthday in 2024. From its very beginning, it has been at the center of research on the Nazi dictatorship and an important participant in the debates that its research has provoked. Starting with the first translation of Rothfels’s seminal article into English, the contributions in this volume give valuable insights into the history of research and scholarship at the IfZ, as well as into the development of the subdiscipline of Zeitgeschichte more generally.

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Series Preface by Andreas Wirsching

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