books

This month, our book is the final work by Philip Kerr: ‘Metropolis,’ set in 1928 Berlin. Published posthumously, this is the last of Kerr’s series… Read More »Book Recommendation: Metropolis, by Philip Kerr

This month, our book is Peter Gay’s ‘Weimar Culture’. It is available online in PDF format, or should be easily attainable in print. German-born historian… Read More »Book Recommendation: Weimar Culture, by Peter Gay

This month, I’d like to recommend Peter Schneider’s ‘The Wall Jumper,’ a short novella which will be our Book Club choice for July 19th. Published… Read More »Book Recommendation: The Wall Jumper, by Peter Schneider

This month, I’d like to recommend ‘Alone in Berlin’. Don’t be intimidated about it being quite a tome – it is a fast read, though… Read More »Book Recommendation: Alone in Berlin, by Hans Fallada

This month, you might be especially interested to read Deborah Feldman’s memoir ‘Unorthodox.’ Feldman left the ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to move… Read More »Book of the month: Unorthodox, by Deborah Feldman

This month, I would like to step back from our prevalent twentieth-century themes and recommend to you ‘Measuring the World’ by Daniel Kehlmann. In case… Read More »Book Recommendation: Measuring the World, by Daniel Kehlmann

This month, it has to be ‘The Death of Adolf Hitler: The Final Word’ by Jean-Christoph Brisard and Lana Parshina, which you might well read… Read More »Book Recommendation: The Death of Adolf Hitler: The Final Word by Jean-Christoph Brisard and Lana Parshina

This month, I’d like to recommend ‘A Nazi in the Family’ by Derek Niemann. From the first sentences – the author’s memories of wintertime gingerbread… Read More »Book Recommendation: A Nazi in the Family, by Derek Niemann

Today I wholeheartedly recommend the much-lauded family autobiography ‘Red Love’ (2009) by East German journalist Maxim Leo, born in 1970. Leo presents a German family… Read More »Book Recommendation: Red Love, by Maxim Leo