At the end of 1941, after the invasion of the Soviet Union, an idea of collaboration with the Islamic peoples of the Soviet Union arose among the Germans. Although Hitler and high command were sceptic about a partnership with ‘Soviet citizens’ in order to defeat Moscow, eveyone did agree that the Islamic peoples of the Caucasus and the Krim were reasonably trustworthy allies. Especially the Turkmen were considered reliable. This led to a large-scale military and political collaboration....

Tipping the Balance was inspired by love for the author’s birth-place, Warnsveld in Gelderland’s De Achterhoek; the seasons, small farmlets with golden fields, the leafy lanes and rivers flowing slowly through the landscape. Jenneken’s life is shattered when she learns that her mother Alida’s knowledge and use of herbal remedies is considered to be witchcraft and that she must undergo a weighing trial in Oude- water. Jenneken fears also for her own safety as she has followed her mothe...

Waterloo, 18 juni 1815. De avond valt. De slag is voorbij. De geallieerden hebben gewonnen, de strijd is echter nog niet gestreden. Napoleon heeft het slagveld weten te ontvluchten en zolang hij op vrije voeten is, dreigt er gevaar. Gevaar voor Europa, gevaar voor het kersverse Verenigd Koninkrijk der Nederlanden. Dan is er ook nog maarschalk Grouchy, die ronddoolt met zijn 30.000 soldaten. Elk moment kan hij de overwinnaars in de rug aanvallen.

Thomas van Maurik, luitenant in het Nederlandse...

Het uit twee delen bestaande 'Een studie over de slechtheid van de staat' is een radicaal pleidooi voor (politiek) individualisme. De sociaal-democratische consensus, uitgedragen door ogenschijnlijk uiteenlopende politieke partijen als de PvdA, het CDA én de VVD, wordt fel bekritiseerd op morele en economische gronden.

Betoogd wordt dat de verzorgingsstaat niet gemoderniseerd, maar afgeschaft moet worden; dat democratie geen neutrale procedure is, maar onlosmakelijk verbonden met sociaal-dem...

About the author:

From a youthful observer in war-torn Hungary, his native land caught between the swastika and the red star, Endre B. Gastony evolved into a student of history at the University of Oregon. As professor at Augustana University, he combined teaching, with research and writing on the topics of nationalism, international events, and Hungarian history.

Historical guiding principles:

Leopold von Ranke’s advice, chronicle the past “as it really happened,” has been faithfull...

Suffering due to the consequences of the border revision of mid-europe, romania, led by marshal antonescu, opted for a pact with nazi germany. it was a deal with the devil. the romanian jews were sacrificed and the romanian army fell at stalingrad. the author sheds a light on the consequences of these fatal events through extensive archive work.

illustrated with special historical images

‘A Dutch historian explains the motivation behind the bloodbath at Odessa’

– Marius Ghilezan in Rom...

The Waffen-SS, as fourth ‘army branch’ of the German army, is still surrounded with a certain mystical fog. Some divisions, mostly from the first levies, have general fame, like Hitler’s body guard division, the ‘Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler’, or the ‘Das Reich’ division. However, the fact that Waffen-SS grew into a significant force - 38 divisions - during the war, is largely unknown. Yet, due to the expansion, the elite status of the Waff-en-SS lessened. Leveled by its large nu...

There are several biographies about Erich Ludendorff. What most of them have in common is that they stop at the year 1918, the end of the First World War. This is un-justified. At the peak of his long career, between 1915 and roughly 1925, Ludendorff developed into the strongest man on the ‘right’. Thus, the years after the war were also of great importance. He was not only an important general who, with Paul von Hin-denburg, was in supreme command of Germany’s de facto military leaders...