Annotext
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Literary texts in German, annotated and glossed for language learners. The text reange from Goethe and Kleist to Kafka, Büchner and Thomas Mann, including fairy tales from the brothers Grimm. Annotext site
Digital Scriptorum
The University of California Berkeley Library Digital Scriptorium is a growing consortium of American libraries and museums committed to free online access to their collections of pre-modern manuscripts, including several digitized medieval German wills from Fordham University’s Special Collections. There are multiple ways to search for the wills. Digital Scriptorum site
Digital Library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn The Library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung organized different digitization projects for titles belonging to the cultural and political environment of German social democracy, with the digitization of the historic “Vorwärts” and “Neuer Vorwärts” as the most recent and most important project. Besides, you will also find digitized magazines and newspapers from unions or Naturfreunde, […]
The First World War (institutional access required)
Adam Matthew Digital The First World War portal makes available invaluable primary sources for the study of the Great War, brought together in four thematic modules. From personal collections and rare printed material to military files, artwork and audio-visual files, content highlights the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of a conflict that […]
Moments in Time 1989/1990
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn and Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin Moments in Time 1989/1990 (Wir waren so frei…) is a bi-lingual website offering an archive of everyday life and major events from the years 1989 and 1990 in East Germany. The project was put together by the Federal Agency for Political Education and the German Museum […]
Federal Agency for Civic Education
Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn The Federal Agency for Civic Education is a federal public authority providing citizenship education and information on political issues for all people in Germany. The wide-ranging and extensive website includes articles, explanatory videos, documentaries, teaching resources, and much more. Of special note may be the free downloadable publications such as […]
German Resistance Memorial Center
Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, Berlin The German Resistance Memorial Center explores the role of individuals and groups who took action against National Socialism between 1933 and 1945. The site includes access to a range of documents, exhibits, publications, a podcast series called “Red Orchestra” and a smartphone app about Berlin history. English | German Visit the […]
Queer as German Folk
Schwules Museum, Berlin and the Goethe Institute, New York On the night of June 27th 1969, police stormed into New York’s Stonewall Inn once again. But on this occasion, it was one time too many: Stonewall’s queer patrons defended themselves against routine harassment. Decades of pent up anger then erupted in a days-long uprising on […]
East Germany Images
DDRBildarchiv.de, Berlin A press image database from photojournalists active in East Germany prior to 1990 and the five new federal states after 1990. The database has over 40,000 images to search on a wide range of topics. All images are watermarked, but can be licensed for use in print or web publications. English | German […]
The German Graphic Novel
Modern Language Association A web resource for instructors of German language and culture and graphic novel enthusiasts. The blog includes featured works, reviews, and instructional resources. View the site
