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German History in Documents and Images
Date range: 1500-present
Geographical focus: Germany
"a comprehensive collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. It comprises original German texts, all of which are accompanied by new English translations, and a wide range of visual imagery"
German history sources
Date range: 18th Century - present
Geographical focus: Germany
English language. A chronological list linking out to primary sources on the web.
Weimar Republic primary sources
Date range: 1914-1933
Geographical focus: German
English language. A small selection of primary sources (with accompanying information) on the culture, economics, politics and society of Germany between WWI and the Nazi's rise to power.
Mein Kampf
Date range: 1925
Geographical focus: Germany
A free online English translation of Hitler's book Mein Kampf.
Nazi Germany documents | Alpha History
Date range: 1914-1941
Geographical focus: Germany
English language. A collection of documents and documentary extracts relating to the Nazi party's views, policies and rise to power.
Before the Holocaust: Concentration camps in Germany, 1933-1939
Date range: 1930s
Geographical focus: Germany
Provides English translations of German documents relating to pre-war concentration camps in Germany.
German Propaganda Archive
Date range: 1920s-1980s
Geographical focus: Germany
English language. Contains propaganda material from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) as well as "material for the guidance of propagandists".

Books- primary source collections

The German Home Front in World War II by Jeremy Naokes (Editor); Geoffrey Pridham (Editor)
Call Number: DD256.5 .N3924
ISBN: 0859893111
Publication Date: 1998

You can find some more books of primary sources using these search terms, but they won't cover everything:

Voices from the Third Reich by Peter Pachel; Helmut D. Schmidt
Call Number: DD256.5 .S764/1989
ISBN: 0895267667
Publication Date: 1989-01-25

Books on prominent Germans

The library holds some books of published primary sources.

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941 by Victor Klemperer; Martin Chalmers (Translator, Preface by)
Call Number: PC2064.K5 A313 1999
ISBN: 9780679456964
Publication Date: 1998-11-03
The end of reparations, the economic consequences of the world war by Hjalmar Schacht ; translated from the German by Lewis Gannett
Call Number: D649.G3 .S33
Publication Date: 19321
Essays and speeches on various subjects by Gustav Stresemann
Call Number: ARC DD231.S83 .A253/1968
Publication Date: 1930
Find more on Gustav Stresemann by searching for his name in MultiSearch.
The Letters of Rosa Luxemburg by Rosa Luxemburg; Georg Adler (Editor); Peter Hudis (Editor); George Shriver (Translator); Annelies Laschitza (Editor)
Call Number: HX274.7.L89 L89 2011
ISBN: 9781844674534
Publication Date: 2011
The library also holds 'Rosa Luxemurg Speaks' and 'Selected Political Writings of Rosa Luxemburg'.
Inside the Third Reich by Albert Speer
Call Number: DD247.S63 A313
ISBN: 0684829495
Publication Date: 1997
The memoirs of Hitler's architect and armaments minister. Search 'Albert Speer' in MultiSearch to find more, including 'Albert Speer: conversations with Hitler's architect' and 'Spandau, the secret diaries'.
The Nuremberg Interviews by Leon Goldensohn; Robert Gellately (Editor)
Call Number: KZ1176 .G65 2004
ISBN: 037541469X
Publication Date: 2004
Interviews of prominent Nazi figures conducted by a psychologist during the Nuremberg trial.
The Goebbels Diaries, 1939-1941 by Fred Taylor
Call Number: DD247.G6 .A26 1982
ISBN: 0399127631
Publication Date: 1983
English translation of Goebbels diaries. The library also holds 1942-1943 and 'Final entries, 1945'.