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Shades of the Future?: Daniel Frymann [Heinrich Claß] (1912)
Heinrich Claß (1868-1953), writing here under the pseudonym Daniel Frymann, was chairman of the ultra-nationalist Pan-German League. A trained lawyer living in Mainz, Claß was an inveterate anti-Semite....
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Inflation (1913-1920)
Despite price controls and the rationing system for the production and distribution of supplies, overall material scarcity led to alarming price inflation. This table illustrates the scale of wartime....
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Another View of Things: Rosa Luxemburg (1913)
In this speech delivered in Leipzig, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) speaks of the consequences of European imperialism not....
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Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf (1925)
In this passage from Mein Kampf, Hitler describes his emotions upon learning of the outbreak of war. Like many at the time, Hitler saw the war as a joyful event that would help free Germany....
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Bulletins from the Front I (1914)
Newspapers were an important medium for propaganda during the Great War. Written under the watchful eye of the military censor, these reports from the German front lines were invariably positive....
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Bulletins from the Front II (1918)
Newspapers were an important medium for propaganda during the Great War. Written under the watchful eye of the military censor, these reports from the German front lines were invariably positive....
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Censorship Guidelines I (1914)
Information was of the utmost strategic importance during the First World War. Here, the German government outlines its reasons for press censorship. This memorandum stresses the importance of withholding....
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Censorship Guidelines II (1914)
This document, an addition to the original censorship guidelines for the press, goes much further than limiting information about troop movements. The German government instructed the German press....
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Engelbert Krebs, "On the Meaning of Sacrifice" ["Vom Opfersinn"] (1914-1915)
Engelbert Krebs (1881-1950) was a Catholic theologian who wrote this sermon during the war. Protestants and Catholics alike subscribed to a “war theology,” providing a powerful representation of....
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Erich Ludendorff Admits Defeat: Diary Entry by Albrecht von Thaer (October 1, 1918)
This document captures the mood of the officer corps as they realized that the war was lost. Erich Ludendorff’s (1865-1937) statements, as recounted by Albrecht von Thaer, also demonstrate the military....
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