Second Edition

1. From the Reformation to the Thirty Years’ War, 1500–1648
Greta Kroeker (University of Waterloo)

2. From Absolutism to Napoleon, 1648–1815
Jason Coy (College of Charleston)
Jared Poley (Georgia State University)

3. From Vormärz to Prussian Dominance, 1815–1866
Brian Vick (Emory University)

4. Forging an Empire: Bismarckian Germany, 1866–1890
James Retallack (University of Toronto)

5. Wilhelmine Germany and the First World War, 1890–1918
David Ciarlo (University of Colorado at Boulder)

6. Weimar Germany 1918/19–1933
Erik Jensen (Miami University of Ohio)

7. Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
S. Jonathan Wiesen (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Pamela Swett (McMaster University)

8. Occupation and the Emergence of Two States, 1945–1961
Volker Berghahn (Columbia University)
Uta Poiger (Northeastern University)

9. Two Germanies, 1961–1989
Konrad Jarausch (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Helga Welsh (Wake Forest University)

10. A New Germany, 1990–2023
Konrad Jarausch (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Helga Welsh (Wake Forest University)

First Edition (2004–2012)

At a time when the internet was still relatively young, the original GHDI editors took a chance on a new type of history project. We thank them for their excellent work, which built the foundation of today’s GHDI. The first edition has been preserved in its entirety and can be accessed here.

1. From the Reformation to the Thirty Years’ War, 1500–1648
Thomas A. Brady, Jr. (University of California at Berkeley)
Ellen Yutzy Glebe (University of California at Berkeley)

2. From Absolutism to Napoleon, 1648–1815
William Hagen (University of California at Davis)

3. From Vormärz to Prussian Dominance, 1815–1866
Jonathan Sperber (University of Missouri at Columbia)

4. Forging an Empire: Bismarckian Germany, 1866–1890
James Retallack (University of Toronto)

5. Wilhelmine Germany and the First World War, 1890–1918
Roger Chickering (Georgetown University)

6. Weimar Germany, 1918/19–1933
Eric D. Weitz † (The City College of New York)
Eric Roubinek (University of North Carolina at Asheville)

7. Nazi Germany, 1933–1945
Richard Breitman (American University)

8. Occupation and the Emergence of Two States, 1945–1961
Volker Berghahn (Columbia University)
Uta Poiger (Northeastern University)

9. Two Germanies, 1961–1989
Konrad Jarausch (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Helga Welsh (Wake Forest University)

10. One Germany in Europe, 1989–2009
Konrad Jarausch (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Helga Welsh (Wake Forest University)