Mary Fulbrook
Mary Fulbrook is professor of German history at UCL and a former dean of its Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences. Her book, Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice, won the 2019 Wolfson History Prize.
Interviews with Mary Fulbrook
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Auschwitz and After
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Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankl -
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The Search: The Birkenau Boys
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The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, 1963-1965: Genocide, History and the Limits of the Law
by Devin O Pendas -
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Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany
by Marie Jalowicz-Simon
The best books on Auschwitz, recommended by Mary Fulbrook
The best books on Auschwitz, recommended by Mary Fulbrook
Why were so few of the Nazis involved in running Auschwitz brought to justice? Why did some Germans during the Holocaust risk death to hide Jewish people from Nazi persecution, while others were passive bystanders? Historian Mary Fulbrook—author of Reckonings, which won the 2019 Wolfson History Prize—recommends essential reading for understanding Auschwitz and its aftermath.
Interviews where books by Mary Fulbrook were recommended
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Ordinary Men
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Jews, Germans, and Allies: Close Encounters in Occupied Germany
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A Brief Stop on the Road from Auschwitz
by Goran Rosenberg -
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Dissonant Lives: Generations and Violence Through the German Dictatorships
by Mary Fulbrook -
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Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder
The best books on Modern German History, recommended by Hester Vaizey
The best books on Modern German History, recommended by Hester Vaizey
In the 20th century, Germany suffered defeat in two world wars and withstood two kinds of dictatorship. Yet today it is Europe’s strongest economy. Hester Vaizey, fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and author of Born in the GDR, selects five brilliant books on a tumultuous century.
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Oscar: A Life
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Empress: Queen Victoria and India
by Miles Taylor -
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Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words
by Jeremy Mynott -
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Reckonings: Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
by Mary Fulbrook -
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Trading in War: London's Maritime World in the Age of Cook and Nelson
by Margarette Lincoln -
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Building Anglo-Saxon England
by John Blair
The Best History Books: the 2019 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Diarmaid MacCulloch
The Best History Books: the 2019 Wolfson Prize shortlist, recommended by Diarmaid MacCulloch
Every year the Wolfson History Prize sets out to pick the very best history books written in the past year. Historian and Wolfson prize judge, Diarmaid MacCulloch, talks us through the wonderful books that made the 2019 shortlist: history books that are both great reads and serious scholarship.
