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1) Poems
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Few American readers seem to be aware that Hermann Hesse, author of the epic novels Steppenwolf and Siddhartha, among many others, also wrote poetry, the best of which the poet James Wright has translated and included in this book. This is a special volume-filled with short, direct poems about love, death, loneliness, the seasons-that is imbued with some of the imagery and feeling of Hesse's novels but that has a clarity and resonance all its own,...
2) Love Letters
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1982.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (21 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
Director Uwe Belz focuses his attention on viewing Karl Marx from an alternative perspective, showing the emotional and romantic sides of the historical figure. Passages from LOVE LETTERS that Marx and his fiancée, Jenny von Westphalen, exchanged as teenagers blend with paintings and beautifully atmospheric photographs of places connected to Marx. The letters and poems are read by well-known East German actors, such as Jenny Gröllmann and Dieter...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (40 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
Only a few days after the GDR built the Berlin Wall, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer commented that this was “an infamous and brutal act against our brothers and sisters in the Zone.” Director Walter Heynowski digs into this ubiquitous West German expression, using footage from West German Newsreels and TV programs, and compares the life of “BROTHERS AND SISTERS” in East and West Germany. Tracing the common interest of workers in both...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Sixth edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (317 pages : illustrations)
Language
English
Description
This hugely popular Schaum's course outline is designed to make the study of German grammar a lot easier than the usual textbook. With or without your text, this new edition of the best-selling study tool will help you master grammer, perform better in class, and improve your grades .
Author
Publisher
Kevin Marx
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Want to speak German but don't know where to start? This book is for you! Don't waste money buying ten different books when you can learn everything you need in this one book. Don't waste money taking classes at a school when you can teach yourself. Why buy a similarly priced book that only teaches basic entry level German grammar when you can master the language with this one book? Speak German in 90 Days, all of the prep work is done for you. Each...
Publisher
Michael Blackwood Productions
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (61 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
This film documents a vital moment in the re-building of a city center, where the Berlin wall once stood. Within a few years Pariser Platz was rebuilt, accompanied by an extensive public debate about the quality of the new architecture and the merits of the city planning for the area. An imposing assembly of internationally acclaimed architects found new solutions for the ten buildings that once defined the site, among them the American embassy. Featured...
Publisher
Big World Pictures
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (93 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
Film based on the rise of The Red Army Faction, German revolutionary terrorist group founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**.
8) Regina
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (67 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Diana Groó’s documentary tells the story of Regina Jonas (1902-1944) a strong woman, who made history by becoming the first properly ordained woman rabbi in the world.The daughter of an Orthodox Jewish peddler, Jonas grew up in Berlin’s slum, studied at the liberal Hochschulefür die Wissenschaft des Judentums (College for the Scientific Study of Judaism) beginning in 1924,and was ordained in 1935. At age 37, she met the love of her life, Rabbi...
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (218 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
In HEIMAT IS A SPACE IN TIME, German filmmaker Thomas Heise shares the stories of three generations of his family, tracing the contours of the major historical uphevals that afflicted Germany in the 20th century. Uncovering journal entries, photographs and contemporary footage, Heise creates a poetic meditation on individual and collective history.
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1983.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
This documentary tackles a difficult and politically sensitive East German environmental issue taking place in the early 1980s. South of Leipzig, villages are being demolished to make way for open-pit mining. For almost four years, the film crew follows two of these communities and, as the landscape changes, so do the lives of the people. It is a struggle for the older generation, in particular, to leave their familiar homes, but some of the younger...
11) Cell 364
Publisher
Salaud Morisset
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (4 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
While Germany sits as one of the major democratic models, an ex-prisoner of the Stasi delivers from his former cell a frightening testimony that questions the sustainability of our contemporary democracies.
12) Our Children
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (88 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
From an official perspective, marginal youth culture did not exist in East Germany. The topic of subcultures was taboo in the GDR, and groups such as goths, skinheads, anti-skins, punks and neo-Nazis were dismissed as social deviations promoted by western countries. Director Roland Steiner had access to such young East Germans in the late 1980s. Over the course of four years, he brought them before the camera in an attempt to understand what drew...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This is the first German grammar which has been specifically designed for the adult with limited learning time who wishes to be able to express himself with reasonable accuracy, yet does not wish to be burdened with archaic, highly literary, or seldom used forms. It covers the most important points of German grammar in the clearest possible manner, stressing regularities rather than irregularities and concentrating upon the constructions and expression-modes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andre Klein
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Why brood over grammar sheets and lifeless workbooks when you can be entertained and learn natural German at the same time! This book contains:* includes vocabulary with difficult and important words translated to English* ready for on-demand translation (only available on physical Kindle devices)* includes exercises for comprehension training* hand-drawn illustrations by the author. --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Andre Klein
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
This book contains:* includes vocabulary with difficult and important words translated to English* ready for on-demand translation* includes exercises for comprehension training* hand-drawn illustrations by the authorFrom the introduction: In German, detective stories are called Krimis. One of the most famous German Krimis is perhaps the TV-series Tatort which means crime scene and has been running since 1970 on television channels in Austria, Switzerland...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andre Klein
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Following their "Walzer in Wien", Dino and Elisabeth are off to Switzerland to visit extended family and enjoy some fresh mountain air but soon find themselves caught up between high-end expenses and a strange exercise in escape artistry. While reveling in the beauty of Lake Zurich, the old city and the alpine view, Dino grapples with the incomprehensibility of the Swiss dialect and reveals a surprising aspect about his girlfriend's family. Explore...
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1990.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (90 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
Over the course of a year, starting in March 1989, director Kurt Tetzlaff follows Alexander Schulz, an 18-year-old high-school student and son of a pastor. Alexander openly discusses his non-conformist political views. Full of hope, he joins the citizens’ movement in fall 1989; but after the first free elections held in the GDR on March 18, 1990, he realizes that his hopes are in vein.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (viii, 304 pages)
Language
Deutsch
Description
Tough Test Questions? Missed Lectures? Not Enough Time? Fortunately, there's Schaum's. This all-in-one-package includes more than 400 exercises with answers to sharpen your German grammar skills. Plus, you will have access to 2.5 hours of downloadable audio files for additional practice--it's just like having your own virtual tutor! You'll find everything you need to build confidence, skills, and knowledge for the highest score possible. More than...
20) REALFilm
Publisher
DEFA Film Library
Pub. Date
1986.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (43 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Deutsch
Description
This multimedia collage, which includes performances by pantomime artist and dancer Fine Kwiatkowski, painter and filmmaker Lutz Dammbeck and musician Robert Linke, is a reflection on the medium of film and its elements: sound, light and movement. Dammbeck’s goal is to cleanse these elements of ideology and then commerce and compose a new film out of them. The process is played out in the space in real time. Recorded in Leipzig on May 14, 1986,...
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