Author: Gerhard Besier

Nach 1945 konstituierte und profilierte sich die deutsche Zeitgeschichtsforschung vor allem durch die Auseinandersetzung mit Erstem Weltkrieg, Weimarer Republik und Nationalsozialismus. Erst später t …

Recent events in Ukraine and Russia and the subsequent incorporation of Crimea into the Russian state, with the support of some circles of inhabitants of the peninsula, have shown that the desire of …

Recent events in Ukraine and Russia and the subsequent incorporation of Crimea into the Russian state, with the support of some circles of inhabitants of the peninsula, have shown that the desire of …

Borders exist in almost every sphere of life. Initially, borders were established in connection with kingdoms, regions, towns, villages and cities. With nation-building, they became important as a li …

Borders exist in almost every sphere of life. Initially, borders were established in connection with kingdoms, regions, towns, villages and cities. With nation-building, they became important as a li …

How could it happen that continental Europe became a "Europe of the Dictatorships" in the twentieth century? It requires some effort to understand such processes. It is insufficient to obse …

Die Historische Kommission zu Berlin betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw. Brandenburg-Preußens in Form von wissenschaftlichen Unters …

When confronted by a range of violent actions perpetrated by lone individuals, contemporary society exhibits a constant tendency to react in terms of helpless, even perplexed horror. Seeking explanat …

The Anglican Bishop George Bell (of Chichester) and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Willem A. Visser’t Hooft (of Geneva) exchanged hundreds of letters between 1938 and 1958. T …

The Anglican Bishop George Bell (of Chichester) and the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, Willem A. Visser’t Hooft (of Geneva) exchanged hundreds of letters between 1938 and 1958. T …

The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary associ …

The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary associ …

The Russian Revolution of 1917 has been one of the most important events of modern history. It changed the course of the events not only in Russia but, on a wider scale, across the world while it inf …

The Russian Revolution of 1917 has been one of the most important events of modern history. It changed the course of the events not only in Russia but, on a wider scale, across the world while it inf …

The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary associ …

Der Autor stellt in diesem Band die Geschichte der beiden Großkirchen im ‘kurzen’ 20. Jahrhundert seit 1918 dar. Der Komplex ‘Kirche, Politik und Gesellschaft’ schließt eine Reihe epochaler Umbrüche …

Gegenstand dieses Buches ist die Geschichte beider großen Volkskirchen im 19. Jahrhundert, die im Kontext allgemeinpolitischer und kirchenpolitisch-weltanschaulicher Wechselwirkungen dargestellt wird …

Der erste Band der Reihe ‘Erinnerungsräume’, zu welchem Autorinnen und Autoren aus der Schweiz, Deutschland, Österreich, Dänemark, Polen und den USA beitragen, legt konzeptionelle und thematische Lin …

Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte hat, wie kaum ein anderer Zweig der Zeitgeschichtsforschung, aber auch der Historischen Theologie, vielerlei und folgenreiche Methodenstreitigkeiten hinter sich. Einerseits …

The history of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Europe has always been one of persecution. This third volume documents this history, turning eastward. For the first time, the circumstances of a religious minor …

The religious association of Jehovah’s Witnesses has existed for about 150 years in Europe. How Jehovah’s Witnesses found their way in these countries has depended upon the way this missionary associ …