Germany
The archives' extensive German collections cover German participation in World War I, the 1918–19 revolution, the Weimar Republic, the rise of Nazism, the Third Reich and its leaders, the Allied occupation after World War II, the founding of the Federal and Democratic Republics in 1949, and the reunification in 1990. The library's coverage begins with the establishment of the First Reich and the Reichstag debates of 1871.
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Rosa Luxemburg and Mathilde Jacob Papers
German-Polish revolutionary leader and her secretary
Franz Schoenberner Papers
German journalist; editor, Simplicissimus, 1929–33
Wolfgang Janisch Papers
East German artist and peace activist
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann Papers
German journalist
Curt Max Prüfer Papers
German diplomat
Thomas St. John Gaffney Papers
US consul in Dresden and Munich, 1905–15
Deutsche Kongress-Zentrale Records
Government organization regulating all conferences and conventions in Germany, 1870–1943
Mensing Family Papers
Vice-admiral, German Navy, and his sons
Truman Smith Papers
US military attaché to Germany, 1935–39
Fr. P. Mönkemöller Collection
Printed matter related to World War I in Germany and immediately after
Karl C. von Loesch Collection
Printed matter related to politics in Germany, 1918–44
Notgemeinschaft für eine freie Universität Records
German organization to promote academic freedom at the Freie Universität Berlin
GERMAN PICTORIAL COLLECTION
Miscellaneous photographs, postcards, and slides
German Subject Collection
Miscellaneous materials
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Germany Archival Collections Germany Library Materials
Erdelyi, Gabor and Agnes F. Peterson. German Periodical Publications: A Checklist of German Language Serials and Series Currently Received In the Stanford University Libraries. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1967.
Heinz, Grete., and Agnes F. Peterson. NSDAP Hauptarchiv: Guide to the Hoover Institution Microfilm Collection. [Stanford, Calif.]: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford University, 1964.
Petersen, Agnes F. German Collection at the Hoover Institution, with Emphasis on Government Documents, Periodicals, Newspapers, Archival and Special Material: A Survey. Stanford [California: s.n.], 1970.
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