BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

Allgemeine deutsche Biographie. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1967-1971. 56 v.
Reference CT1053 A44 1967 (LC)

Reprint of first edition, 1875-1912. The outstanding German biographical dictionary, covering early times up to the late 19th century in long signed articles with bibliographies. Major disadvantage: in Gothic script. Living persons not included. Index vol. 56.

Biographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Emigration nach 1933. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1980-83. 3 v. in 4.
SML Stacks D809 G3 +B56

Contents: v. 1, Politik, Wirtschaft, Öffentliches Leben; v.2, The arts, sciences, and literature (in 2v.); v. 3, Gesamtregister; Index.

"Offers some 8,700 biographical sketches of persons (living and deceased) who emigrated from Central European areas during the period of the Third Reich. V.3 offers indexes by names, pseudonyms, cover names and name changes, by countries of intermediate emigration and final settlement, by occupations, plus selected references to parties, associations, and institutions mentioned in the text." (Sheehy AJ209)

Biographisches Lexikon zum Dritten Reich. Ed. Hermann Weiss. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, c1998.
Reference DD256.5 B558 1998

Biographisches Lexikon zur Weimarer Republik. Ed. Wolfgang Benz and Hermann Graml. Munich: C.H. Beck, c1988.
SML Stacks CT1062 B56 1988 (LC)

"Signed articles of one or two columns for about 500 individuals active in Germany and Austria during the Weimar Republic. Bibliographical references to each subject's primary and secondary works and location of archives. List of German ministers, 1919-33, and a chronology of German political events, 1918-33." (Balay DC261)

Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Hannover: Hansche, 1996.
SML Stacks DD801 B693 B7385 1996

Cosner, Shaaron and Victoria Cosner. Women under the Third Reich: a biographical dictionary. Westport, CT; London: Greenwood Press, c1998.
Reference HQ1623 C65X 1998 (LC)

Deutsche biographische Enzyklopadie: (DBE). Ed. Walther Killy. Munchen; New Providence: K.G. Saur, 1995-1998. 11v. in 12.
Reference CT759 D488 1995 (LC)

Includes bibliographical references and a German-English glossary of frequently used terms.

Deutsches biographisches Archiv: eine Kumulation aus 254 der wichtigsten biographischen Nachschlagewerke fur den deutschen Bereich bis zum Ausgang des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Ed. Bernhard Fabian. Munich: K.G. Saur, c1982. 1760 microfiches.
Reference Fiche B1117

Designed to make available the information contained in 264 of the most important German biographical reference works published between 1700 and 1910. The 480,000 entries are reproduced in a single alphabetical sequence. They are arranged for each individual by date of the source work. On the first several fiche is a list of the biographical sources used to compile the collection.

Index: Deutscher biographischer Index. Ed. Willi Gorzny. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1986.
Reference CT1053 +D48 Index (LC)

Continued by: Deutsches Biographisches Archiv: neue Folge bis zur Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts: eine Kumulation aus 284 der wichtigsten biographischen Nachschlagewerke fur den deutschsprachigen Bereich. Ed. Willi Gorzny. Munich: K.G. Saur, 1989-1993.
Reference Fiche B2254

Kosch, Wilhelm. Biographisches Staatshandbuch; Lexikon der Politik, Presse und Publizistik. Bern: Francke, 1963.
Reference DD85 K67

Primarily a biographical dictionary of persons prominent in politics and journalism, but includes some entries for newspaper and journal titles relating to political affairs. Articles are unsigned and brief, but include bibliographies. Living personalities are also listed.

Neue deutsche Biographie. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, c1953- .
Reference DD85 N48

Not intended to supersede the Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, although it includes many of the same names, together with some who have died since 1912 and some additions from earlier periods. Contains signed articles with bibliographies. Index in each volumes refers to all entries in the ADB even if omitted from the NDB. So far 20 volumes have been published.

Rossler, Hellmuth and Gunther Franz. Biographisches Worterbuch zur deutschen Geschichte. Second revised edition. Munich: Francke, 1973-1975. 3 v.
Reference DD85 R64 1973

Compact dictionary of deceased German celebrities. "History" is interpreted in a wide sense. Coverage is from Roman times to 1933. Includes some foreigners important in the history of Germany. Articles are signed with brief bibliographies. Contains several useful indexes offering different means of approach.

Stachura, Peter D. Political leaders in Weimar Germany: a biographical study. London: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993.
SML Stacks DD244 S64X 1993

"Short essays on 135 political leaders in Germany, 1918-1933. Alphabetically arranged entries range from 400-1,000 words, and give backgrounds, career, a 'critical assessment of the subject's significance and contribution to Weimar politics at the top' (Introd.), and a bibliography citing works by and about the subject. Glossary of abbreviations and terms; chronology covers September 1918-January 1933; select bibliography of works for understanding events and developments; topical index." (Balay DC262)

Weber, Wolfgang. Biographisches Lexikon zu Geschichtswissenschaft in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz: die Lehrstuhlinhaber für Geschichte von den Anfangen des Faches bis 1970. Frankfurt am Main; New York: P. Lang, 1984.
Reference DD86.5 W43

"Limited to historians in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland who achieved an academic position during the years 1800-1970. Offers much information about career and educational background but nothing about publications, although each entry includes a short bibliography of other sources." (Balay DC225)

Wer ist wer? Lübeck: Schmidt Rönhild, 1905- .
SML Stacks DD85 W4 [Latest volume in Reference]

Standard German who's who, with sketches of personalities in all fields.

Who's who in Germany. Munich: Intercontinental Book and Pub. Co., 1956- . Irregular.
SML Stacks DD85 W5 [Latest volume in Reference]

Biographical sketches plus a directory of organizations, associations, and institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Who's who in the arts and literature. Zurich: Who's Who AG, 1975- . Irregular.
SML Stacks NX90 W48 (LC) [Latest volume in Reference]

Entries for "20,000 prominent artists and authors from the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and Switzerland."--t.p.

Wistrich, Robert S. Routledge who's who in Nazi Germany. London: Routledge, c1995.
Reference DD256.5 W564X 1995

"First comprehensive Who's Who in the subject to be written in any language..."--Pref. Succinct biographies in alphabetical order give basic information about careers of nearly 350 prominent individuals from a wide range of occupations and social, political, and cultural positions in the Third Reich.