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Eur-Lex - European Union Law: Offizielle Datenbank des EU-Rechts und verwandter offizieller Dokumente. Link: eur-lex.europa.eu (germany)

Law-Info - Library of Congress: Rechts-Informationen zum Thema Germany von der Library of Congress. Link: loc.gov (Law germany)

International Civic Heraldry: Internationale Heraldik Datenbank. Link: ngw.nl (Coat of Arms Database)

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Bücher zum Thema

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Quelltexte Online

EuroDocs: Sammlung historischer Quellen zu europäischen Ländern. Link: eudocs.lib.byu.edu (Germany)

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Monumenta Germaniae Historica — This is a monumental collection of medieval documents (even the title proclaims it). Consisting of published volumes in facsimile form of the sub-series: Scriptores (Historiographers), Leges (Legal Texts), Diplomata (Political Documents), Epistolae (Correspondence), Antiquitates (Poetry and History of Thought), along with other sub-series. Full-text searchable transcriptions to follow soon. (Middle Ages; Latin and German facsimiles)
Regesta Imperii — As an inventory of all documentary and historiographical sources of the Roman-German royal lines from the Carolingians to Maximilian I, as well as of the Popes of the Early and High Middle Ages, the Regesta Imperii are among the great source works of German and European History. Available as facsimiles of original book pages or as a search for the corresponding full texts. (751-1519; German facsimiles & transcriptions) - Some work still in progress -
Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae — Diplomatic codices of medieval Saxony With heaviest emphases on the cities of Meissen, Leipzig, and Freiberg (948 - 1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Gustav Droysen, Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas in 96 Karten mit erläuterndem Text — Bielefeld [u.a.]: Velhagen & Klasing 1886. Historical atlas digitized by Monumenta Germaniae Historica. (Facsimile maps with commentary, mainly of Germany and Europe)
End of the Classical World: The German Impact — (German transcriptions & translations)
Capitulary of Charlemagne — (802; English translation)
The Ordinance of Louis the Pious — dividing the empire (817; English translation)
Chronicon Thietmari Merseburgensis — The chronicle of Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg. Exemplary digital editing by Monumenta Germaniae Historica (ca. 1000; German facsimiles and transcriptions)
The Early Germanic Kingdoms — Texts and Archives (German transcriptions & translations)
Barbarossa: The Empire at its Height — (German transcriptions & translations)
Peace of the Land Established by Friedrich Barbarossa — (1152-1157; English translation)
Holy Roman Empire: Frederick II and After — (German transcriptions & translations)
Decree of the Emperor Henry IV Concerning a Truce of God — (1085; English translation)
Gelnhausen Charter — issued by Friedrich Barbarossa (13 April 1180; English translation)
Count Palatinate as Judge Over the Kings: Decree of the Nuremberg Diet — (19 November 1274; English translation)
Codex Manesse — Die große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift. Complete facsimile of the Codex Palatinus Germanicus 848 in the Heidelberg university library, A famous and well-preserved collection of medieval German literature. (1305-1340; German facsimiles)

Der Sachsenspiegel

Complete facsimile in the Heidelberg university library. —
Online facsimile from the Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. — A set of historical and legal documents (land and fiefdom rights) from Saxony & vicinity. (Early 14th century; German facsimiles)

Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV — (1356; English translation)
Foundation of the University of Heidelberg — (1386; English translation)
Zeitrechnung des Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit — by Dr. H. Grotefend. Standard and comprehensive source for questions of chronology, time reckonings and calendars. Extends beyond the German border; includes calendars of saints by city, diocese and order. Digitized by Dr. Horst Ruth. (Annotated Latin and German transcriptions)
Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire -- Early, High and Late Middle Ages. Includes the Hanseatic League. (800 - 1503; Latin and contemporary German transcriptions with critical apparatus)
Handschriftenabbildungen: Deutschsprachige Handschriften des Mittelalters im Internet — Facsimiles of German-language medieval manuscripts. Organized by locations of manuscripts.
Fontes Civitatis Ratisponensis — Online medieval documents relating to the history of Regensburg. (German and Latin facsimiles and transcriptions) NOTE: Many of the documents are not yet available to the general public, but only samples can be accessed.
Spätmittelalterliche Bilderhandschriften aus der Bibliotheca Palatina — Late medieval illustrated manuscripts preserved in the Heidelberg university library. (German facsimiles)
Schwabenkrieg/Schweizerkrieg 1499 - Quellen und Materialien — Source materials about the war between Swabia and Switzerland in 1499 From the University of Freiburg (1499-1550; German and Latin transcriptions)
Stadtarchiv Duderstadt — Exemplary online archival materials at the municipal level. (1395 - 1650; Latin and German transcriptions)
Urkunden des Stadtarchivs Passau — Online medieval archival materials from Passau. (1299 - 1350; Latin and German transcriptions)
Regesta Imperii — As an inventory of all documentary and historiographical sources of the Roman-German royal lines from the Carolingians to Maximilian I, as well as of the Popes of the Early and High Middle Ages, the Regesta Imperii are among the great source works of German and European History. Available as facsimiles of original book pages or as a search for the corresponding full texts. (751-1519; German facsimiles & transcriptions) - Some work still in progress –
Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae — Dplomatic codices of medieval Saxony with heaviest emphases on the cities of Meissen, Leipzig, and Freiberg (948 - 1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Deutsche Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts im WWW — An index to online facsimiles of German-language printings of the 16th century. Assembled and maintained by Klaus Graf. (16th century; facsimiles)
Reformationsgeschichtliche Handschriften — Searchable database of manuscripts from the age of German Reformation. A cooperative project between Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt and the University of Cologne. (15th-16th centuries; facsimiles)
95 Theses of Martin Luther — (1517; English translation) Martin Luther documents (+ Melanchthon + Gerhardt + others) Writings, hymns, prayers, correspondence, etc. From Project Wittenberg. (Transcriptions and English translations)
The Protestant Reformation — (Translations)
Auszug aus einer Sittenstrafordnung für Dirnen des Heidelberger Kurfürsten Ott-Heinrich. — Lw on Morals by the Electoral Prince of Heidelberg (1532; German transcription)
The Gutenberg Bible — Searchable images of the British Library copy (1554-1555; facsimiles)

Frisius (Paul Friese):

Deß Teuffels Nebelkappen — Contemporary, late-sixteenth century report on witchcraft. (1583; facsimiles of print source)

Historische Flugschriften — Sixteenth- through early eighteenth-century pamphlets digitized by the University of Augsburg. From the collections of the Oettingen-Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek, in cooperation with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Most anonymous, but some written by famous authors such as Johann Fischart. (1577-1739; facsimiles)
German Emblem Books — of the Renaissance A digitization project of the University of Chicago at Urbana-Champaign in cooperation with the Emblematica Online at the Herzog-August Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel. (16th - 18th centuries; facsimiles and commentary) See also the University of Illinois' list of Other Emblem Sites and OpenEmblem Portal for other Emblem digitization projects internationally
Frühe Neuzeit Digital: Quellensammlungen — Primary Source Material Collections Online for Early Modern History (1500-1800; transcriptions in numerous languages, mostly German)
Treaty of Westphalia ending the Thirty Years War. British Foreign Office translation at Tufts University British Foreign Office translation at the Avalon Project (24 October 1648, English translations)
Theatrum Pacis/Friedens Schauplatz — Digitized volume of European peace treaties, instruments and tracts from the end of the 30 Years War through 1660. Great information value, but bogged down by user-unfriendly navigation. (1663; parallel Latin and German language facsimiles)
Stadtarchiv Duderstadt — Exemplary online archival materials at the municipal level. (1395 - 1650; Latin and German transcriptions)
MATEO = MAnnheimer TExte Online — Online book and manuscript texts from the University of Mannheim, particularly strong in history of Mannheim and the "Kurpfalz" [Electoral Palatinate]. (16th -18th centuries; facsimiles)
Center for Jewish History: Digital Collections — Including online albums, legal documents, maps, books, oral histories, posters and finding aids. Combining resources of a number of Jewish societies and institutes. (17th-20th centuries; German, English and other facsimiles)
Frühe Neuzeit Digital: Quellensammlungen — Primary Source Material Collections Online for Early Modern History (1500-1800; transcriptions in numerous languages, mostly German)
Center for Jewish History: Digital Collections — Including online albums, legal documents, maps, books, oral histories, posters and finding aids. Combining resources of a number of Jewish societies and institutes. (17th-20th centuries; German, English and other facsimiles)
Zeitschriften der deutschen Aufklärung — Full-text access to German newspapers from the Age of Enlightenment A joint digitization project of Georg Olms Verlag and the University of Bielefeld (18th-19th centuries; facsimiles)
MATEO = MAnnheimer TExte Online — Online book and manuscript texts from the University of Mannheim, particularly strong in history of Mannheim and the "Kurpfalz" [Electoral Palatinate]. (16th -18th centuries; facsimiles)
Historische Flugschriften — Sixteenth- through early eighteenth-century pamphlets digitized by the University of Augsburg. From the collections of the Oettingen-Wallerstein´sche Bibliothek, in cooperation with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Most anonymous, but some written by famous authors such as Johann Fischart. (1577-1739; facsimiles)
Theatrum Pacis / Friedens Schauplatz — Digitized volume of European peace treaties, instruments and tracts from the end of the 30 Years War through 1660. Great information value, but bogged down by user-unfriendly navigation. (1663; parallel Latin and German language facsimiles)
J.G. Krünitz, Oekonomische Encyclopaedie, oder allgemeines System der Staats-, Stadt-, Haus- u. Landwirthschaft in alphabetischer Ordnung — Economic Encyclopedia, one of the most comprehensive in German-speaking lands with its 242 volumes. One of the most important German scholarly sources for the time leading into the industrial revolution. A digital project of the University of Trier. (1773 - 1858; transcriptions)
Enlightened Despots: Prussia — A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (18th century; transcriptions and translations)
Das "Ansbacher Mémoire" — Memoir from Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas to Duke Maximilian Joseph von Pfalz-Zweibrücken suggesting reforms that led to the formation of the Bavarian State (30 September 1796; German translation of the French original)
"19. Jahrhundert" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents from the 19th century before unification (1803 - 1870; German transcriptions)
Marx/Engels Library — Including index access to Marx/Engels Collected Works --With ongoing but incomplete transcriptions of the 50 volumes -- (1837-1895; mostly translations)
Articles from the Neue Rheinische Zeitung — edited by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels during the revolutions of 1848-1849. (1848-1849; English translations)
Ferdinand Lassalle: Nachgelassene Briefe und Schriften — Correspondence and writings of Ferdinand Lassalle, important 19th century German labor leader. Digitized by the Historische Kommission, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften. (1840-1865; German-language facsimiles)
19th Century Austria & Germany — A collection of primary documents from the [ttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Internet Modern History Sourcebook]. (19th century; transcriptions and translations)
German - American Diplomacy — Documents from the Avalon Project (1785-1847; transcriptions and translations).
1848 Flugschriften im Netz — Flyers, pamphlets, posters from the German Revolution A digitization project of the Stadt- und Universitäsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. (1848-1849; facsimiles)
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Vom Vormärz bis zur Preußischen Vorherrschaft — German History in Documents and Images: From Vormärz to Prussian Dominance Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1815-1866; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Reichsgründung: Bismarcks Deutschland — German History in Documents and Images: Forging an Empire: Bismarckian Germany Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1866-1890; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
Protokolle des Reichstags — Session Proceedings of the Reichstag. A digitization project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1867-1895; German transcriptions) Note: Die Reichstagsprotokolle 1919-1939 are also available.
Germans from Russia - On the Trail to Colorado — The Sidney Heitman Germans from Russia Collection at Colorado State University Documenting immigration to Colorado in the 19th century. (19th century; transcripts, audio extracts, photographic facsimiles)
German Colonies Visualized — Over 50,000 images from German colonies. A digitization project of the library of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft of the Stadt- und Universitäsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. (19th -20th centuries; photo images searchable by database)
"Deutsche Schutzgebiete" — Colonies of the German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
"Deutsches Kaiserreich" — The German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
"Kaiserreich" — from PSM - Data: Geschichte. Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
"Kaiserreich" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents from the Second Reich (1870-1878; German transcriptions)
Penny Illustrated Newspaper Site - to search "Bismarck," "German," etc. — This newspaper database of the British Library Website can be searched for articles on contemporary Germany. (1861-1913; facsimiles)
"Kaiserreich 1871 - 1918" texts — Includes primary documents in translation from Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Class, Gen. Friedrich von Bernhardi, Adolf Hitler, Helmuth von Moltke, Rosa Luxemburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II; of the Internationale and of a Berliner Illustrierte readers' poll. (1880-1925; translations)
Krankenversicherungsgesetz — The final draft of a bill passed by the Reichstag on May 31, 1883, guaranteeing health insurance to workers. It could be considered one of the earliest developments toward a comprehensive social welfare system in Germany. (May 29, 1883; facsimile)
Source Writings on German Economic and Social History of the 19th Century — A digitization project of the Seminar für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte at the University of Cologne. (19th century... plus; facsimiles)
Sources in German, Austrian and Swiss Legal History of the 19th Century — A major book digitization project of the Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte . For an overview of subjects, click on "Systematik" (19th century; facsimiles)
"Die Kaiserliche Marine" — The German Imperial Navy as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
Compact Memory: Internetarchiv jüdischer Periodika — Access to facsimiles of German-Jewish periodicals from the Enlightenment until the Third Reich. Digitized by various German institutions with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. (18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; facsimiles and some explanatory comments)
Center for Jewish History: Digital Collections — Including online albums, legal documents, maps, books, oral histories, posters and finding aids. Combining resources of a number of Jewish societies and institutes. (17th-20th centuries; German, English and other facsimiles)
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Reichsgründung: Bismarcks Deutschland — German History in Documents and Images: Forging an Empire: Bismarckian Germany compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1866-1890; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
"Kaiserreich 1871 - 1918 " texts — Includes primary documents in translation from Otto von Bismarck, Heinrich Class, Gen. Friedrich von Bernhardi, Adolf Hitler, Helmuth von Moltke, Rosa Luxemburg, Kaiser Wilhelm II; of the Internationale and of a Berliner Illustrierte readers' poll. (1880-1925; translations)
"Deutsches Kaiserreich" — The German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
German Colonies Visualized — Over 50,000 images from German colonies. A digitization project of the library of the Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft of the Stadt- und Universitäsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. (19th -20th centuries; photo images searchable by database)
"Deutsche Schutzgebiete" — Colonies of the German Empire as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
"Die Kaiserliche Marine" — The German Imperial Navy as represented in contemporary postcards, photos, stamps and textual documents. (1871-1918; facsimiles and transcriptions)
"Imperialismus" — from PSM - Data: Geschichte. Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon — Searchable German encyclopedia as a digital copy of the 1888 edition. (Facsimiles)
World War I Document Archive — (pre-1914 - post-1918; translations and transcriptions) Major Resource !
World War I — A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1914-1918; transcriptions and translations)
Documents of World War I — Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College. (1914-1919; translations)
The German White Book — "Germany's Reasons for War with Russia: "How Russia and her Ruler betrayed Germany's confidence and thereby made the European War." (1914; English translations)
Feldzeitungen aus dem 1. Weltkrieg - online — Newspapers for German soldiers at the front during WWI. Digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. (1914-1918; German-language facsimiles)
Die Reichstagsprotokolle 1919-1939 — Session Proceedings of the Reichstag from the Treaty of Versailles to the begin of World War II: A digitization project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1919-1939; German transcriptions) NB: Protokolle des Reichstags (1867-1895) are also available.
Documents of the Interwar Period — Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College. (1918-1941; translations)
Compact Memory: Internetarchiv jüdischer Periodika —
Access to facsimiles of German-Jewish periodicals from the Enlightenment until the Third Reich. Digitized by various German institutions with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
(18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; facsimiles and some explanatory comments)
"Weimarer Republik" — from PSM - Data: Geschichte. Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
"Weimarer Republik" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents from the Weimar Republic (1918-1933; German transcriptions)
Nazism — Fascism Collections of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1920-1939; transcriptions and translations)
"FASCISM: What It Is and How To Fight It" — From Leon Trotsky's 1930-32 pamphlet. (English transcription).
Historische Quellen zum Thema Rechtsextremismus — A collection of documents directed against fascism and Nazism. From the web resources of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. (1923-1934; German facsimiles)
Die Reichstagsprotokolle 1919-1939 — Session Proceedings of the Reichstag from the Treaty of Versailles to the begin of World War II: A digitization project of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (1919-1939; German transcriptions) NB: Protokolle des Reichstags (1867-1895) are also available.
NS-Archiv: Dokumente zum Nationalsozialismus — Documentation of the National Socialist movement and dictatorship, Including such sections as the path to power (including the Ermächtigungsgesetz), the war, medical experiments, persecution and the Shoah, among others. (1930 - 1945; facsimiles and German-language transcriptions)
Compact Memory: Internetarchiv jüdischer Periodika — Access to facsimiles of German-Jewish periodicals from the Enlightenment until the Third Reich. Digitized by various German institutions with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. (18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; facsimiles and some German-language explanatory comments)
Jüdische Zeitschriften in NS-Deutschland — Facsimiles of many Jewish newspapers produced in the time of the Third Reich. Some began as early as 1911; the last issues of most were in 1938. A major digitization project of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. (1911-1943; facsimiles)
Exilpresse Digital: Deutsche Exilzeitschriften — Facsimiles of many newspapers produced by the exile German press during World War II. A major digitization project of Die Deutsche Bibliothek. (1933-1945; facsimiles)
Crisis over Czechoslovakia: March - September 1938 — German and British source materials on the Munich Agreement of 1938. (March-September 1938; English transcriptions and translations of documents, maps, statistics and commentary)
Munich Pact — Agreement concluded at Munich between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy. (29 September 1938; English translation)
Diplomatic Documents (French Yellow Book) — Papers relative to the events and negotiations which preceded the opening of hostilities between Germany on the one hand, and Poland, Great Britain and France on the other hand. Electronic version by permission of the French Government. (1938-1939; English translations)
The Italo-German Alliance — As announced in the Völkischer Beobachter. (23 May 1939; English translation)
Edouard Daladier, Premier of France: "Nazis' Aim is Slavery" — Radio address a few months before the German attack on France. (29 January 1940; English translation)
Franco-German Armistice — (25 June 1940; English translation)
Nazi-Soviet Relations — (Department of State Publication) Documents from the archives of the German Foreign Office. (1939-1941; English translations)
Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939-1941 — A collection of documents and agreements from the Avalon Project. (1939-1941; English translations).
Molotov on the Nazi Invasion of Russia — (22 June 1941; English translation).
Cardinal Clemens von Galen against Nazi Euthanasia — (3 August 1941; English translation).
Bund deutscher Mädel — The League of German Girls, female branch of the Hitler Youth. (1930-1945; photos & posters, translated narratives, facsimiles of documents and journals).
Nazi Propaganda: 1933-1945 — Including posters, speeches, etc. Digitized by Calvin College as a part of the German Propaganda Archive. (1933-1945; Facsimiles, translations and transcriptions)
Stamps of the Nazi Era — Postage stamps as a form of propaganda (1933-1945; facsimile images)
Proclamation 2526: Alien Enemies - Germans — By Franklin D. Roosevelt, on the day following the attack on Pearl Harbor. (8 December 1941; English transcription).
The German Declaration of War with the United States — (11 December 1941; English translation).
Wolf Helmuth Dose, Kampfberichte von der Ostfront — An Oberleutnant's battle reports and diary from the Eastern Front. (24 June 1941 - 31 March 1942; German transcriptions).
Wannsee-Protokoll — The top secret minutes of the meeting held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to find a "final solution" to the "Jewish Question." (January 20, 1942; German transcription)
Wannsee Protocol — (January 20, 1942; English translation)
Order from Hermann Göring to Reinhard Heydrich — (31 July 1941; English translation)
Eyewitness Account of Einsatz Executions — (English translation; 5 October 1942)
Speech by Heinrich Himmler to SS Group Leaders — (English translation; 4 October 1943)
Die Lohnforderungen der NS-Zwangsarbeiter — Documentation of forced labor during the Nazi era, laws, restitution, etc. (1939-1945; German-language transcriptions and commentary)
Quellen zum Zwangsarbeiter-Einsatz — Sources on forced labor in the area of Hagen. (1939-1945; facsimiles of documents and photos)
Prigionia di guerra: Diario dei primi quattro mesi — Giovanni Notte's diary written in a German prisoner of war camp. (September 1943 - January 1944; Italian transcription and English translation)

Memoirs of Two German Prisoners of War:

Die waffenlose Zeit als Soldat — by Gerhard Friedrich Dose (8 September 1944 - 8 March 1947; German transcription)
The Experiences of a 17 year old German Soldier in an American Prison of War camp — by Wolfgang Vetter (20 April 1945 - 28 February 1947; English transcription)

D-Day, The Invasion of Normandy — Documents of the Eisenhower Library. (1943-1944; facsimiles & photos)
Eisenhower Communiques — Daily battle communiques from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force Europe (SHAEF). Searchable database with full-text facsimiles. (6 June 1944 - 8 May 1945; text-searchable facsimiles)
German Diplomatic Files from the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Digital Archives — Hundreds of documents: diplomatic correspondence, reports, memos, interviews, etc. (1933-1945; English and German facsimiles)
Dokumente des Nationalsozialismus — Documents of National Socialism from the University of Würzburg. (1933-1945; German transcriptions).
"Drittes Reich" from Virtual Library Geschichte — Documents of National Socialism from the virtual library for German history. (1933-1945; German transcriptions).
"Drittes Reich" — from PSM - Data: Geschichte. Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
"Nationalsozialismus" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents from the Nazi period (1933-1945; German transcriptions)
National Socialist Era, 1933-1945 — Texts including pronouncements, speeches and orders of Adolf Hitler, Walter von Reichenau and others (1933-1945; German transcriptions and translations)
Julius Hahn, Erinnerungen aus dem "Dritten Reich" — A Hamburg pastor's memoirs of the "Third Reich." (1933-1945; German transcriptions).
In Europe World War II in Europe — A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
Archives de guerre — An archive of images and documents from the French perspective of World War II. Requires video software for the clips. (1940-1944; videos, photo images and transcriptions)
World War II — A collection of documents related to WWII. From the Avalon Project.
Hyperwar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War — Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references. (1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
Documents of World War II — Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College. (1938-1945; translations)
The Trial of German Major War Criminals — From the Nizkor Project (Transcriptions and translations)
Nuremberg War Crimes Trials — Documents from and about the proceedings as collected in the Avalon Project. (Transcriptions and translations)
Nuremberg Trials Project: A Digital Document Collection — A searchable database of transcripts digitized by Harvard Law School (German and English-language facsimiles, transcriptions, and translations)
A Look Back at Nuremberg: The Transcripts — from the Court TV Library (1945-46; transcriptions, many also available in zip-file format)
Excerpts from Nuremberg Proceedings — In commemoration of the Doctor's Trial's fiftieth anniversary, the USHMM presents excerpts from the official trial record,with accompanying photographs.
Die Nürnberger Prozesse 1945 - 1949 — Documents describing the goals of German politics at the time, and sentencing at the Nürnberg Proceedings. (1937-1949; German transcriptions)
The Donovan Collection of Nuremberg Documents — Documents from the personal archive of General William J. Donovan, special assistant to the U.S. chief of counsel during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg. A joint and ongoing project of the Cornell Law Library and the Rutgers Journal of Law & Religion. Includes a psychological analysis of Adolf Hitler (1945-46; facsimiles, transcriptions and commentaries)
Compact Memory: Internetarchiv jüdischer Periodika — Access to facsimiles of German-Jewish periodicals from the Enlightenment until the Third Reich. Digitized by various German institutions with support of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. (18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries; facsimiles and some explanatory comments)
The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names — A gigantic project of remembrance by Yad Vashem. Approximately half of the Shoah victims' names have been gathered to date, taken from deportation lists, memory books, written testimonies and affidavits. (Searchable database of names linked to document facsimiles and short biographies)
Yizkor Books Online — Complete Holocaust memorial books digitized by New York Public Library. Around 700 postwar Yizkor books. (Facsimiles)
Wannsee-Protokoll — The top secret minutes of the meeting held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to find a "final solution" to the "Jewish Question." (January 20, 1942; German transcription)
Wannsee Protocol — (January 20, 1942; English translation)
House of the Wannsee Conference: The Historical Site — Letters sent from Reinhard Heydrich, Head of the Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt) to fourteen high-ranking civil servants and SS-officers. (Facsimiles) Also click on search/index to see all the contents alphabetized.
Antijüdische Verordnungen — Anti-Jewish laws enacted during the Third Reich. (1933 - 1941; German transcriptions )
The Nizkor Project — Large repository of Holocaust-related documents. (Transcriptions and translations)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann — Online transcripts from the Nizkor Project (English-language transcriptions)
Einsatzgruppen Archives — (English translation of German originals, maps, photographs)
Documentation of The Mass Murder of Lithuanian Jewry by the SS Einsatzgruppen — (1 December, 1941; English translation of German original)
Order from Hermann Göring to Reinhard Heydrich — (31 July 1941; English translation)
Eyewitness Account of Einsatz Executions — (English translation; 5 October 1942)
Speech by Heinrich Himmler to SS Group Leaders — (English translation; 4 October 1943)
The Jewish Holocaust 1933-1945 — Sponsored by the Web Genocide Documentation Centre (English translations)
Living Words: Voices of the Holocaust — Personal oral testimonies of Jewish men and women who came to live in Britain. Provided by the British Library. (Transcriptions and audio files)
Voices of the Holocaust — Oral testimonies, interview texts, profiles and biographies. Interviews undertaken by David Boder in 1946. Provided by the Illinois Institute of Technology. (Transcriptions, translations and audio files)
Excerpts from the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies — Video and audio testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. Provided by the Yale University Library. (Excerpts from video and audio [Quicktime & .au] files)
Flight and Rescue: Gallery of Photographs, Artifacts and Testimonies — Documentation for an online exhibition of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum. (1933-1945; documents, photographs, videos, objects)
Seeing the Other Side: 60 Years after Buchenwald — Online documentary by Mona Weissmark with some psychological insights on hate, heroism, and reconciliation. (15 minute video)
Letters to Sala: A Young Woman's Life in Nazi Labor Camps — With detailed essays, interspersed with Sala Garncarz Kirschner's letters and other primary documents. A project of New York Public Library. (1939-1945; letters, images, summaries and essays)
Online Documents on the Holocaust — From Hebrew University (Facsimiles, transcriptions and English translations)
Holocaust — Collections of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
Primary Source Documents on the Holocaust — From A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust. (English translations)
Text Archive: Holocaust — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English
www.shoa.de — Shoah and Holocaust Site in German with documents and commentary (German transcriptions)
Learning about the Holocaust through Art — (Facsimiles)
Holocaust in Northern Bavaria — Including testimonials and diaries (1942-1945; transcriptions and commentary)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide — (9 December 1948, transcription)
Elie Wiesel on the Perils of Indifference — (Speech of 12 April 1999; English transcription)
Holocaust Denial on Trial — Transcripts and judgement of the trial: David Irving v. Penguin Books and Deborah Lipstadt. A project of Emory University's Witness to the Holocaust Program (2000; transcriptions, commentary and background)
Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945 — An online exhibit of the United State Holocaust Memorial Museum. Documents and images interspersed throughout the commentary. (1933-1945; commentary, transcriptions, images and facsimiles)
Holocaust Era Assets: Records and Research at the National Archives and Records Administration — This NARA finding guide leads to primary and secondary documentation including recently declassified information.
U.S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II — Forward and Executive Summary to the Preliminary Study From the U.S. State Department. (1939-present; transcriptions)
Holocaust Issues — From the U.S. State Department. (1939-present; transcriptions)
U.S. and Allied Wartime and Postwar Relations and Negotiations — (With Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on Looted Gold and German External Assets and U.S. Concerns About the Fate of the Wartime Ustasha Treasury) June 1998 Supplement to Preliminary Study on U.S. and Allied Efforts To Recover and Restore Gold and other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II From the U.S. State Department. (1939-present; transcriptions)
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Zwei deutsche Staaten — German History in Documents and Images: Two Germanies Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1961-1989; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Ein Deutschland in Europa — German History in Documents and Images: One Germany in Europe Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1961-1989; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
Germany Since 1945 — (Scroll down to Germany) A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1945 to the present; transcriptions and translations)
"...nach 1945" — from PSM - Data: Geschichte. Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
The Berlin Airlift — A blend of declassified documents, photographs and background information. (Facsimiles and transcriptions)
"BRD" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents of the Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany" and then the unified state) (1948 to the present; German transcriptions)
"DDR" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents of the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany") (1949-1990; German transcriptions)
Dokumente/Quellen zur Geschichte der DDR — Documentary sources of GDR history Offered as a part of the Internet resource site, Internetressourcen zur Geschichte der DDR Sponsored by the Thuringian Archive for Contemporary History in Jena. (1949-1990; German transcriptions)
East German-Soviet Relations — Declassified CIA documents from Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis. (16 July 1953; PDF facsimiles)
Uprising in East Germany, 1953 — Found on the National Security Archive Declassified documents regarding Europe provided by the National Security Agency
KPD Verbotsurteil — Prohibition of Communist Party in the Federal Republic (August 17, 1956; German transcription)
"Erhöhung der Gefechtsbereitschaft der Nationalen Volksarmee" — "Increasing the Combat Readiness of the National People's Army" [of the German Democratic Republic] Note: "DECO II" mentioned in the document was allegedly a West German document obtained by East German agents. (29 July 1959; English translation)
Strains in Soviet - East German Relations: 1962-1967 — Declassified CIA documents from Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis. (24 February 1967; PDF facsimiles)
John F.Kennedy: "Ich bin ein Berliner" — Speech at the Berlin Wall (26 June 1963; English transcription).
German Democratic Republic -- Posters — Including posters of solidarity with Latin America. (1970-1989; facsimiles)
German Propaganda Archive — Including posters, speeches, etc. (Facsimiles, translations and transcriptions)
East German Ideals of the Freie Deutsche Jugend — (1986; German transcription from Die junge Welt
East German Ideals — of the Freie Deutsche Jugend (1986; English translation): Note that the post-Wall version of Die junge Welt is available online, as is the website of the Freie Deutsche Jugend.
The Pan-European Picnic — Held near Sopron (Hungary). Was this the "picnic that tore down the Iron Curtain?" (19 August 1989; Hungarian and English transcriptions & commentary, images)
Verträge über die Herstellung der Einheit Deutschlands — German unification treaties (31 August 1990; German transcriptions )
Glasnost Informations- und Dokumentationssystem Berlin — Site contains large Text Archive with an emphasis on Ostpolitik (German transcriptions).
Deutsch-Tschechische Erklärung — (21 January 1997; German transcription )
Czech-German Declaration — (21 January 1997; English translation )
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Ein Deutschland in Europa — German History in Documents and Images: One Germany in Europe compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (1989 - present; images, maps, German transcriptions and English translations)
Reden und Interviews der Regierung — This site has other links to press materials, laws, and further online publications. (2000 - present; German transcriptions)
Video Podcasts of the Federal Chancellor — Video talks, aimed principally at the German people (German-language video podcasts)
Die Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung online — Federal Archives digitization of cabinet proceedings, previously available only in book form Also includes minutes of the Cabinet Committee for Economics and the Cabinet Committee for Social Reform. Future book volumes will be followed 18 months later by the digital version. (1949 - ; German transcriptions)
Deutscher Bundestag--Aktuelles — Current press briefings, agendas, minutes & reports of the Bundestag. (German transcriptions)
Reden und Interviews des Bundespräsidenten — Speeches and interviews of the Bundespräsident on various topics. (2004 - present; German transcriptions) Note: Speeches of several recent Bundespäsidenten also available as individual online archives.
Grundgesetz — (Basic Law) in the German original provided by the German Federal Government.
German transcription with synoptic French translation — (German Constitution of May 23, 1949 with revisions through 2002)
Grundgesetz — (Basic Law) in English translation (with revisions through 2002) provided by the German Federal Government.
PDF copy of the Basic Law — (with revisions through 2000) provided by the Bundestag. (Transcriptions of German Constitution of May 23, 1949 with revisions through 20000; English translation)
DE Statis: German Statistics — Very thorough links of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (German data and commentary)
Digitalisierte Rechtstexte Online — Guide to centuries of online German-language legal texts. An offshoot of the University of Heidelberg's Deutsches Rechts-Wörterbuch (DRW). (Transcriptions and facsimiles)
German Law Archive — Cases, statutes, literature and bibliographies on German law in English language. (Translations)

National Documents:

Reichskammergerichtsordnung — Imperial court statutes Provided by the Textarchiv des Deutschen Rechtswörterbuchs (1555; transcriptions).
Der jüngste Reichsabschied — Imperial decree from shortly after the 30 Years' War Provided by the Textarchiv des Deutschen Rechtswörterbuchs (1654; transcriptions).
The Papers of Carl von Savigny — Documents of the important jurist digitized by the University of Marburg. (1779-1861; facsimiles)
Reichsdeputationshauptschluss von 1803 — Protocol of the 1803 meeting of Imperial deputies. (25 February 1803; German transcriptions) Note: large PDF file.
Verfassungsurkunde für den preussischen Staat ("Oktroyierte Verfassung" — Constitutional Document of the Prussian State ("Imposed Constitution") (5 December 1848; German transcription)
Verfassung des deutschen Reiches ("Paulskirchen-Verfassung") — Constitution of the German Reich (Paulskirche Constitution) (28 March 1849; German language transcription)
Königreich Preussen: Verfassungsurkunde für den preussischen Staat ("Revidierte Verfassung" — Kingdom of Prussia: Constitutional charter for the "Prussian State" ("Revised Constitution") (31 January 1850; German language transcription)
Sources in German, Austrian and Swiss Legal History of the 19th Century — A major book digitization project of the Max-Planck-Institut für europäische Rechtsgeschichte . For an overview of subjects, click on "Systematik" (19th century; facsimiles)
Weimarer Reichsverfassung — (Weimar Republic Constitution of 11 August, 1919; German transcription)
Deutsches Reichsgesetzblatt — Divided into two sections: laws involving internal affairs and those regulating foreign relations. Part of the Austrian National Library's online law texts (ALEX Project). (1922-1944; facsimiles)
Gesetze und Verordnungen des Nationalsozialismus — Laws and Decrees of the Nazi Era (1933-1945; German transcriptions)
Historische deutsche Verfassungen — Historic German constitutions (including Hitler's infamous Ermächtigungsgesetz). (1815 - present; German transcriptions)
Verfassung der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik — (Constitution of 6 April, 1968 with revisions through 1974; German transcription)
"BRD" in dokumentArchiv.de — Documents of the Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany" and then the unified state) (1948 to the present; German transcriptions)
KPD Verbotsurteil — Prohibition of Communist Party in the Federal Republic (August 17, 1956; German transcription)
Verträge über die Herstellung der Einheit Deutschlands — German unification treaties (31 August 1990; German transcriptions )
Gesetze im Internet — Comprehensive and complete online texts of current Federal law A cooperative project of the Ministry of Justice and juris GmbH Including Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch, Strafgesetzbuch and others. (Current; German transcriptions)
Öffentliches Recht im WWW — Recent decisions and press releases of the German Supreme Court (1995-present; German transcriptions).
Pressemitteilungen der obersten deutschen Bundesgerichte — Press Releases from the German Federal Courts (1995-present; German transcriptions).
Entscheidungen des Bundesverfassungsgerichts — Full-text decisions of the Constitutional Court (1998-present; German transcriptions).

Regional Documents:

Gesetze und Verordnungen in Deutschland — An online compilation of Federal and state laws. (Current; German transcriptions)
Textarchiv des Deutschen Rechtswörterbuchs — A collection of regional law texts Used as sources for the Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch(Medieval and early modern periods; facsimiles and transcriptions).

Baden

Verfassungsurkunde für das Großherzogtum Baden — Post-Napeonic constitution for the Grand Duchy of Baden (22 August 1818; German transcription)

Bavaria

Pax Bawarica - Der Bayerische Landfriede — (3 September 1293; transcriptions).
Johann von Schwarzenberg, Bambergische Peinliche Halsgerichtsordnung — Early 16th century criminal statues in Bamberg (1507; facsimiles).
Ulrich Tengler, Der neü Layenspiegel von rechtmässigen ordnungen in Burgerlichen vnd peinlichn Regimenten — Early 16th century witchcraft statutes published in Augsburg. Part of Cornell's Witchcraft Collection. (1511; transcriptions).
Bayerische Landesordnung — Mid-16th century regional regulations for Bavaria (1553; facsimiles).
Verfassungsurkunde für das Königreich Bayern — Post-Napeonic constitution for the Kingdom of Bavaria (26 May 1818; German transcriptio).
Die Verfassung des Freistaats Bayern — Current constitution for the state of Bavaria (2 December 1946; German transcription plus English, French and Spanish translations).
Bayerisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt — Publication of the postwar Bavarian government (1945-1949; facsimiles)

Hessen

Frankfurter Reformation — Frankfurt reformation of the sixteenth century (1578; facsimiles).
Verfassungsurkunde für das Großherzogtum Hessen — Constitution for the Grand Duchy of Hessen (17 December 1820; German transcription).
Verfassungsurkunde für das Kurfürstentum Hessen — 1831 constitution for the Principality of Hessen (5 January 1831; German transcription).
Hessischer Landtag - Elektronische Bibliothek — Electronic library of the Hessian parliament. Includes archive of legal and legislative documents. (1945 to the present; German facsimiles)

Lower Saxony

Goslarer Stadtrecht — City ordinances of Goslar (Transcriptions).
Niedersächsiche Verfassung — Constitution of Lower Saxony with amendments through 1993 (German transcription)

Palatinate

Kurpfälzische Landesordnung — Regulations for the Palatinate of the late sixteenth century (1582; facsimiles).

Pomerania

Eines erbarn Rhats der Stadt Rostock newe Gerichtsordnung — Municipal laws for Rostock in the late sixteenth century (1586; facsimiles of print source).

Saarland

Die Verfassung des Saarlandes — Constitution (and other legal documents) for the state of Saarland (15 December 1947; German transcription)

Saxony

Complete facsimile of Der Sachsenspiegel in the Heidelberg university library. —
Online facsimile of Der Sachsenspiegel from the Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. — A set of historical and legal documents (land and fiefdom rights) from Saxony & vicinity. (Early 14th century; German facsimiles).
Leipziger Kauf- und Handelsrecht — Commercial laws of Leipzig (1683; German facsimiles)
Verfassungsurkunde für das Königreich Sachsen — Constitution for the Kingdom of Saxony (4 September 1831; German transcription)

Schleswig

Dithmarscher Landrecht — Mid-15th century ordinances for Dithmarschen (1447; transcriptions).

Württemberg

Württembergische Landesordnung — Mid-16th century regional regulations for Württemberg (1552; facsimiles).
Verfassungsurkunde für das Königreich Württemberg — Post-Napeonic constitution for the Kingdom of Württemberg (25 September 1819; German transcription)
Augspurgische Ordinari Postzeitung — Augsburg newspaper digitized by Universitäsbibliothek Augsburg. (1770-1806; facsimiles)
Quellen und ältere Literatur zur Geschichte der Stadt Augsburg — Historical sources and secondary works on the history of Augsburg. Digitized by Universitäsbibliothek Augsburg. (17th-19th centuries; facsimiles)
Städte im Spiegel der Kartografie — Historical Maps of Barth. (16th century-present; facsimiles)
Berlin Mitte: Images of an Urban Conversion — Photo essay of recent radical architectural changes in Berlin Sponsored by Bau-Verein zu Hamburg. (Digital images and commentary).
Bunker in Braunschweig — The Air-Raid Bunkers of Braunschweig (Photos and commentary). Also see link page for bunkers of other cities, such as Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven.
Urkundenbuch der Stadt Chemnitz und ihrer Klöster — Document book for the city of Chemnitz and its monasteries. (13th -16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Coburger Zeitung —
Coburger Nationalzeitung — Newspapers of Coburg digitized by Bayerische Landesbibliothek online. (1854-1935 / 1930-1945; facsimiles)
Dithmarscher Landrecht — Mid-15th century ordinances for Dithmarschen (1447; transcriptions).
Urkundenbuch der Städte Dresden und Pirna — Document book for the cities of Dresden and Pirna. (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Dresdener Geschichtsblätter — Journal digitized by the Fotothek of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (1892-1940; facsimiles)
Stadtarchiv Duderstadt — Exemplary online archival materials for Duderstadt at the municipal level. (1395 - 1650; Latin and German transcriptions)
Frankfurter Reformation — Frankfurt reformation of the sixteenth century (1578; facsimiles).
Frankfurt am Main: Das goldene Buch — Frankfurt images taken before the destructions of World War II. The Altstadt can be viewed street by street. (19th and early 20th centuries; photo facsimiles)
Urkundenbuch der Stadt Freiberg in Sachsen Document book for the city of Freiberg in Saxony. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 (1021 - 1550; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Freiburger historische Bestände digitalisiert — Historical source manuscripts, newspapers, maps, etc. documenting the history of Freiburg i. Br. (Searchable database of facsimiles)
Freiburger Zeitung digital —
Staufener Wochenblatt digital — Freiburg and regional newspapers digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg i. B. (1784-1943; facsimiles)
Urkundenbuch der Stadt Grimma und des Klosters Nimbschen — Document book for the city of Grimma and the Nimbschen monastery. (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Goslarer Stadtrecht — City ordinances of Goslar (Transcriptions).
Hamburg from Voyage en Scandinavie — A "pictorial atlas" by the Frenchman Paul Gaimard, Illustrating his journies from Hamburg harbor. (1838-1840; facsimile images) (Click on "Tyskland" from the left frame.)
Heidelberger historische Bestände - digital — Manuscripts, chronicles, books, newspapers and more related to Heidelberg history. Digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. (Medieval to modern; facsimiles)
Urkundenbuch der Städte Kamenz und Löbau — Document book for the cities of Kamenz and Löbau. (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Urkundenbuch der Stadt Leipzig Document book for the city of Leipzig. Volume 1 Volume2 Volume 3 (1021 - 1550; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Die Matrikel der Universität Leipzig Student registers for the University of Leipzig. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 - Indexes (1409-1559; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Urkundenbuch der Universität Leipzig — Document book for the University of Leipzig (1409-1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Leipziger Kauf- und Handelsrecht — Commercial laws of Leipzig (1683; German facsimiles)
Leipziger Zeitungen — Leipzig newspapers digitized by the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (1740; facsimiles)
Urkundenbuch der Städte Kamenz und Löbau — Document book for the cities of Kamenz and Löbau. (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
MATEO = MAnnheimer TExte Online — Online book and manuscript texts from the University of Mannheim, particularly strong in history of Mannheim and the "Kurpfalz" [Electoral Palatinate]. (16th - 18th centuries; facsimiles)
Urkunden der Markgrafen von Meissen und Landgrafen von Thüringen Documents from medieval Meissen and Thuringia 948-1099 1100-1195 1196 - 1234 1381 - 1385 1396 - 1406 1407 - 1418 1419 - 1427 (German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Urkundenbuch der Stadt Meissen und ihrer Klöster — Document book for the city of Meissen and its monasteries. (12th & 13th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Urkunden des Hochstifts Meissen Documents from the monastery at Meissen. Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 (910 - 1492; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Neuschwanstein Castle — Includes the history and a picture gallery of Neuschwanstein. Also available in German. (Facsimile images and commentary)
Urkunden des Stadtarchivs Passau — Online medieval archival materials from Passau. (1299 - 1350; Latin and German transcriptions)
Urkundenbuch der Städte Dresden und Pirna — Document book for the cities of Dresden and Pirna. (13th to 16th centuries; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Fontes Civitatis Ratisponensis — Online medieval documents relating to the history of Regensburg. (German and Latin facsimiles and transcriptions) NOTE: Many of the documents are not yet available to the general public, but only samples can be accessed.
Städte im Spiegel der Kartografie — Historical Maps of Rostock. (17th century-present; facsimiles)
Städte im Spiegel der Kartografie — Historical Maps of Stralsund. (16th century-present; facsimiles)
Relation: Aller Fuernemmen und gedenckwuerdigen Historien... — Strassburg newspaper digitized by Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg. (1609; facsimiles)

Regional or Cumulative Sources:

See Textarchiv des Deutschen Rechtswörterbuchs — For more regional sources (laws, statutes, decrees, etc.) (Medieval and early modern periods; facsimiles and transcriptions).
Bayerische Landesbibliothek online — Online sources of the Bavarian State Library includes manuscripts, maps, books, periodicals, newspapers... (Medieval to 20th century; searchable database of facsimiles)
Briefe adeliger Frauen: Beziehungen und Bezugssysteme — The letters of Austrian and Bavarian noblewomen, set against the backdrop of their relationships and cultural status. Wills, inventories of holdings, and marriage contracts are also in the process of digitization. A project of the Institute for History, University of Vienna. (16th - 18th centuries; contemporary German-language transcriptions)
Das "Ansbacher Mémoire" — Memoir from Maximilian Joseph von Montgelas to Duke Maximilian Joseph von Pfalz-Zweibrücken

suggesting reforms that led to the formation of the Bavarian State (30 September 1796; German translation of the French original plus facsimile of the original)

Ortsblätter des 19. Jahrhunderts — Historical maps of Bavarian cities and villages (1808-1853; searchable database of facsimile maps)
rijo-research.de — Independent research on German and Bavarian contemporary history, in particular Jewish history, forced labor during WW 2, and postwar history.
Stadt - Adel - Region — History of German Cities, Nobility and Regions, with both primary and secondary materials. (German transcriptions)
Hessischer Landtag - Elektronische Bibliothek — Electronic library of the Hessian parliament. Includes archive of legal and legislative documents. (1945 to the present; German facsimiles)
Historic Cities of Germany — A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities (Facsimiles).
Mecklenburg und (Vor)pommern im Spiegel der Kartografie — Historical Maps of Mecklenburg and (Upper) Pomerania (17th-19th centuries; facsimiles)
Landesgeschichte NRW — Interactive resources for the recent history of North Rhine-Westphalia (1946 - present; images, transcriptions, commentary)
Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae Regiae — Diplomatic codices of medieval and early modern Saxony With heaviest emphases on the cities of Meissen, Leipzig, and Freiberg (948 - 1555; German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
Der Sachsenspiegel: Complete facsimile in the Heidelberg university library. — Online facsimile from the Herzog-August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. — A set of historical and legal documents (land and fiefdom rights) from Saxony & vicinity. (Early 14th century; German facsimiles)
Digitale Bibliothek: Saxonica — A digital library of historical materials for Saxony, including newspapers, journals and books Digitized by the Fotothek of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (16th-20th centuries; facsimiles)
Sachsenzeitung — Newspaper digitized by the Fotothek of the Sächsische Landesbibliothek -- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (1830-1834; facsimiles)
Urkunden der Markgrafen von Meissen und Landgrafen von Thüringen Documents for medieval Meissen and Thuringia 948 - 1099 1100 - 1195 1196 - 1234 1381 - 1385 1396 - 1406 1407 - 1418 1419 - 1427 (German and Latin facsimiles of original book pages)
International Civic (Coats of) Arms: Germany — (Facsimiles).
Zeitrechnung des Deutschen Mittelalters und der Neuzeit — Standard and comprehensive source for questions of chronology, time reckonings and calendars. Extends beyond the German border; includes calendars of saints by city, diocese and order. Digitized by Dr. Horst Ruth. (Annotated Latin and German transcriptions)
Monumenta Germaniae Historica — This is a monumental collection of medieval documents (even the title proclaims it). Consisting of published volumes in facsimile form of the sub-series: Scriptores (Historiographers), Leges (Legal Texts), Diplomata (Political Documents), Epistolae (Correspondence), Antiquitates (Poetry and History of Thought), along with other sub-series. Full-text searchable transcriptions to follow soon. (Middle Ages; Latin and German facsimiles)
Traditional German & Austrian Sagas and Legends — (Transcriptions)
Historische Flugschriften — Sixteenth- through early eighteenth-century pamphlets digitized by the University of Augsburg. From the collections of the Oettingen-Wallerstein'sche Bibliothek, in cooperation with Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Most anonymous, but some written by famous authors such as Johann Fischart. (1577-1739; facsimiles)
Center for Jewish History: Digital Collections — Including online albums, legal documents, maps, books, oral histories, posters and finding aids. Combining resources of a number of Jewish societies and institutes. (17th-20th centuries; German, English and other facsimiles)
documentArchiv.de — A large classified archive of German-language documents assembled by Kai Riedel. (1800 - present; transcriptions)
J.G. Krünitz, Oekonomische Encyclopaedie, oder allgemeines System der Staats-, Stadt-, Haus- u. Landwirthschaft in alphabetischer Ordnung — Economic Encyclopedia, one of the most comprehensive in German-speaking lands with its 242 volumes. One of the most important German scholarly sources for the time leading into the industrial revolution. A digital project of the University of Trier. (1773 - 1858; transcriptions)
Source Writings on (German) Economic and Social History of the 19th Century — A digitization project of the Seminar für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichteat the University of Cologne. (19th century... plus; facsimiles)
Meyers Konversations-Lexikon — Searchable German encyclopedia as a digital copy of the 1888 edition. (Facsimiles)
German Propaganda Archive — Including posters, speeches, etc. (Facsimiles, translations and transcriptions)
German History Sources — Compiled by Richard Weikert, California State University, Stanislaus. (mostly 19th - 20th centuries; English translations)
German History in Documents and Images — Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. (eventually to include 1500 to the present; images, maps,German transcriptions and English translations)
Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz — Online photo images taken from 12 million negatives, enlargements and slides of the archive in Berlin. Categories are history and politics, portraits, geography, art and cultural history (by keyword search). (Facsimile images)
Sammlungen des Deutschen Historischen Museums, Berlin — Samples from the document holdings (Facsimiles )
McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought — Including essays of important economic thinkers from Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, and other countries. (English transcriptions and translations)
Dokumente des Instituts für Rassismusforschung (D.I.R.) — (1996: German transcriptions)
Gustav Droysen, Allgemeiner historischer Handatlas in 96 Karten mit erläuterndem Text — Bielefeld [u.a.]: Velhagen & Klasing 1886. Historical atlas digitized by Monumenta Germaniae Historica. (Facsimile maps with commentary, mainly of Germany and Europe)Städte im Spiegel der Kartografie Historical Maps of Barth, Rostock, and Stralsund. (17th century-present; facsimiles)
IEG Maps on the History of Germany — Includes maps on the political, economic, administrative and transportation developments in Germany. From the Institut für europäische Geschichte (Mainz, Germany). A project of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI). (Facsimiles and textual commentaries).
Historical Map Collection -- Germany — (2nd century C.E. - 1949; facsimiles)
DiWA: Digitaler Wenker-Atlas — Digital linguistic atlas of German lands, searchable. Installation of plug-ins may be required (Facsimiles, transcriptions & commentary).
Historic Cities of Germany — A set of historical maps from Dr. Ronnie Ellenblum's Historic Cities (Facsimiles).
Mecklenburg und (Vor)pommern im Spiegel der Kartografie — Historical Maps of Mecklenburg and (Upper) Pomerania (17th-19th centuries; facsimiles)
Stadt - Adel - Region — History of German Cities, Nobility and Regions, with both primary and secondary materials. (German transcriptions)
PSM - Data: Geschichte — Mostly History of German-Speaking Countries (P = Primary, S = Secondary, M = [Instructional] Materials) Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents. (German transcriptions with German and English translations)
Historical Text Archive: Germany — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
DE Statis: German Statistics — Very thorough links of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (German data and commentary)

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