LibGuides: Primary Sources: Germany: Personal Narratives

Online Sources: Personal Narratives

German Heritage in Letters
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A total of more than 400 million letters were exchanged between the United States and Germany during the peak decades of German immigration. These letters are important sources for learning more about the effects of immigration to the United States on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.

Book Sources: Personal Narratives

A selection of books/e-books available in Trible Library.
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At the Heart of the White Rose by Hans Scholl
Call Number: DD247.S375 A4 1987
ISBN: 0060157054
Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl
The Correspondence of Caspar Schwenckfeld of Ossig and the Landgrave Philip of Hesse, 1535-1561 by Caspar Schwenckfeld
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Edited from the sources with historical and biographical notes [by] James Leslie French.
I will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941 by Victor Klemperer
Call Number: PC2064.K5 A3 1998
ISBN: 0679456961
[v.1]. 1933-1941 -- [v.2.] 1942-1945
The Lesser Evil: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1945-1959 by Victor Klemperer
Call Number: PC2064.K5 A3213 2003
ISBN: 1842127438
The Letters of Hildegard of Bingen: Volume I (print book) by Hildegard of Bingen
Call Number: BX4700.H5 A4 1994 v.1
ISBN: 0195089375
Translated by Joseph L. Baird, Radd K. Ehrman.
Letters of William von Humboldt to a Female Friend: a Complete Edition by Catharine M.A. Couper (translator)
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Letters to his Wife, Written from the Headquarters of the King of Prussia, 1870-71 by Paul Hatzfeldt
Call Number: Online - free - Internet Archive
Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany by Marie Jalowicz Simon; Anthea Bell (Translator)
Call Number: DS134.42.S55 A3 2015
ISBN: 9780316382090
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City : A Diary by Anonymous; Philip Boehm (Translator)
Call Number: D757.9.B4 W66 2005
ISBN: 9780312426118

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