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New Books in German Studies

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World War II
Holocaust
Nazi Germany
Germany
National Socialism
Cold War
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East Germany
West Germany
Nazism
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World War I
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German History

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In late 1943, the German Army on the Eastern Front was in dire straits. Its southern army group had been pushed out of eastern Ukraine, and on 6 November 1943, Kiev—one of the Soviet Union’s largest cities—was retaken by an increasingly capable Sovie... more

Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany (Cornell UP, 2026) addresses how racism expresses itself and what it means to be antiracist by tracing the history of racism and antiracist activism in East, West, and unified Germany. As far-right extremism s... more

Historians have always known that the success of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day in June 1944 depended on deceiving the Germans about where the invasion would take place. Jason Bell’s book, Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the... more

May 1945. The Reich is in ruins. Hitler is dead. Yet for the US Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps, the real war has just begun.

They Shall Not See the Dawn: The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted (Diversion Books, 2026) by Charles Lachman is... more

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Simon Waring
PhD candidate researching German-Soviet operations on the Second World War Eastern Front
Royal Military College of Canada
Episode: Defeat at the Dnepr: The XLVIII Panzerkorps Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943 with Simon Waring (Casemate, 2026)
Lauren Stokes
Associate Professor of History at Northwestern University and author of Fear of the Family
Northwestern University
Episode: Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany with Michelle Lynn Kahn and Lauren Stokes (Cornell UP, 2026)
Michelle Lynn Kahn
Associate Professor of History at the University of Richmond and author of Foreign in Two Homelands
University of Richmond
Episode: Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany with Michelle Lynn Kahn and Lauren Stokes (Cornell UP, 2026)
Jason Bell
Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Brunswick and author of narrative histories of intelligence
University of New Brunswick
Episode: Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the North American Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War with Jason Bell (Hanover Square Press, 2026)
Charles Lachman
Author of They Shall Not See the Dawn
Diversion Books
Episode: Charles Lachman, "They Shall Not See the Dawn: The Manhunt for the Third Reich's Most Wanted" (Diversion Books, 2026)
Agnes Mueller
Author of Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literature (Cambridge University Press)
Cambridge University Press
Episode: Agnes Mueller, "Holocaust Migration in German Jewish Literatures" (Cambridge UP, 2026)
Claudia Kreklau
Historian of modern Europe and author of The Making of Modern Eating
Episode: Claudia Kreklau, "The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780–1910" (Berghahn, 2026)
Bojan Pancevski
Chief European political correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
Episode: On Who Blew Up Nord Stream: A Conversation with Author Bojan Pancevski
Susanne Paola Antonetta
Author of The Devil's Castle
Catapult/Historical psychiatry scholar
Episode: Susanne Paola Antonetta, "The Devil's Castle: Nazi Eugenics, Euthanasia, and How Psychiatry's Troubled History Reverberates Today" (Catapult, 2025)

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A rotating panel of historians, editors, and scholars who guide in-depth conversations with authors and researchers in German studies and related fields.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 62 ratings
  • Too much WWll

    There is far, far more to German history than WW2 but this otherwise excellent podcast returns repeatedly to the war.

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    The post card
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • fatherland

    you realize how many fine writers the new yorker has had over the years after reading burkhart bilger or masha gessen. one of my close friend’s father wrote for the new yorker. Also a “ German and native New Yorker”. i always says to my friend, “ for christsake” your father wrote for the new yorker”. he always downplays his achievements. i am german, from very low germans, like van gogh’s potato eaters. we were the dirt farmers, muckers, grinders and the rebel rousers at the haymarket. The bli... more

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    Jeff from boulder
    United States3 years ago
  • Timely and topical

    Given that our President is a belligerent Fascist Ethno-Nationalist, it’s a crucial time to learn your Nazi history. This is an amazing resource.

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    Robinson76879648
    United States9 years ago
  • should be called N*ZI studies

    Over 90% of these episodes are interviews of writers on the War, Nazi Germany and/or the Holocaust—all subjects that are already well covered elsewhere, as they should be. But there is actually more to Germany’s past and present than that.

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    JardinCook
    United States11 years ago

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Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany with Michelle Lynn Kahn and Lauren Stokes (Cornell UP, 2026)
Q: What continuities or discontinuities emerge from looking at both German states?
The contributors challenge myths that racism ended with Nazism or that socialism eliminated it. They show persistent racism in both German states and argue that East and West German racisms collided and influenced one another after reunification.
Racism and Antiracism in Divided Germany with Michelle Lynn Kahn and Lauren Stokes (Cornell UP, 2026)
Q: What does this volume contribute to this new body of scholarship by examining the history of divided and post-unification Germany through the lens of racism and anti-racism?
The editors wanted to demonstrate that racism is a useful analytic category in both East and West Germany, and that different forms of racism are interconnected rather than isolated. They also emphasize that East Germany had its own histories of race and racism, which are necessary to understand Germany after reunification.
Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the North American Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War with Jason Bell (Hanover Square Press, 2026)
Q: Did you find or did you conclude that Operation Sparrow was successful? Did it achieve its objectives in terms of its deception and Hungary's defection?
Bell says the deception succeeded in diverting Hitler's attention and keeping German forces focused on southeastern Europe, though the plan to support Hungary's defection was disrupted by the German invasion.
Operation Sparrow: The Incredible True Story of the North American Spies Who Tricked Hitler and Won the War with Jason Bell (Hanover Square Press, 2026)
Q: Can you walk us through the play by play of their initial steps of the mission as it unfolded?
The agents parachuted into Hungary on March 16, 1944, buried their equipment and arranged to be captured. Hungarian intelligence initially sheltered them, but the mission was disrupted when Hitler ordered Germany's invasion of Hungary.
Defeat at the Dnepr: The XLVIII Panzerkorps Counterattack at Kiev, November 1943 with Simon Waring (Casemate, 2026)
Q: But eventually, the offensive runs out of steam. What were some factors that led eventually to the Germans to call off the counteroffensive around this sector?
Soviet reinforcements established successive defensive positions that blunted the German advance. Soviet forces recovered from earlier setbacks and threatened the German northern flank and supply routes, while German troops could not break through toward Kiev. These combined pressures led Hermann Balck and other commanders to end the counterattack.

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A thoughtful, scholarship-forward series that centers historical memory, geopolitics, and the longue durée of German-related history. Conversations frequently orbit World War II, the Holocaust, migration, reparations, and the politics of memory, often tying academic research to contemporary debates. A notable strength is the mix of archival inquiry, field-specific method, and human-centered storytelling, including diverse topics from Nord Stream geopolitics to gendered resistance and postwar restitution. For potential listeners, it's a rigorous, idea-rich listen that rewards patience with nuanced, evidence-driven discussions and a steady stream of new book-focused conversations from prominent historians and researchers.

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