“Nothing is more exotic than what surrounds us, nothing is more imaginative than objectivity,” said the Austrian-Czech writer Egon Erwin Kisch in 1925. Kisch is among the dozens of writers, painters, ...

In the aftermath of the First World War, avant-garde, utopian and idealistic styles were rejected as superficial by German artists who sought more realistic responses to the everyday world of post-war ...

German designer Karl Lagerfeld, based in Paris from the 1950s until his death Tuesday, described himself as a "European", hailing the interwar Germany he never knew as a "spiritual homeland" that was ...

This week`s column answers questions sent in by readers. Q–I have a collection of unused German stamps with values up to two million marks. Do they have any value? A–During the early 1920s, inflation ...

We had our doubts when Serge Lasvignes, Laurent Le Bon's predecessor as president of the Centre Pompidou, announced his intention to recapture the spirit of the great multidisciplinary exhibitions ...

THREE years ago the editor of the Atlantic Monthly wrote me a courteous letter, inquiring what objects Germany had in the war. This letter did not reach me until six months ago. Germany’s war aims in ...

WASHINGTON — A violent far-right attempt at insurrection. Scapegoating of minorities. Hints of antisemitism. Runaway inflation, even a “birther” conspiracy. Sounds a lot like Donald Trump and the Jan.

Bach and Hall, Fourth Division in the World War, pp. 221–22. 3. Cole and Eberlin, History of the 39th Infantry, pp. 25–86, 94–97. 4. Ltr, Sgt Bert A. Fidler to Robert U. G. Fidler, 8 Jun 1919, printed ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. FRANKENSTEINER NOTGELD / DIESER ...