Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part II: from 1890 to 1933

  Introduction It has been some time since I published the first part of Golo Mann’s “History of Germany since 1789”,

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Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part I

Born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, he was the third son of the novelist Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann.

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1001 Ways to Die – (5) Ferdinand Lassalle, German Politician and Publicist

The German politician and publicist Ferdinand Lassalle (1825-64) died after a duel in Switzerland at the age of 40. Sturm und

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