German Historical Institute London

17 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ
United Kingdom

Phone: Tel. +44-(0)20-7309 2050

URI: www.ghil.ac.uk

 

GHIL Library

 
 

The library of the GHIL is an important and well-regarded institution for British historians of German history, students at London universities, and the general public. Its holdings on German history, British-German relations from the Middle Ages to the present day, and wider European history are comprehensive, up to date, free to use, and form a unique collection in Britain.


Visiting and joining the Library

Opening times:
The library is open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-9pm.

New readers need to register for a library card and have a short introductory tour of the library before or during their first visit. The induction is available in person (Mo-Fr, 9.30am-4pm) or by appointment online via Zoom (email: library@ghil.ac.uk). A portrait photo (4.5 x 3.5 cm) and recent proof of address must be provided.

Library staff are also available for general enquiries at library@ghil.ac.uk. If appropriate, we may offer you advice via a video call to our Virtual Enquiry Desk.


Introduction

Take a look at the flipbook below for a Very Short Introduction to our library.


Featured Books

Feminism and women's activism

To mark International Women's Day and Women's History Month, we have chosen a selection of books presenting a German angle on women's campaigns for equal rights. They showcase women fighting for their right to independence, freedom from violence, an education, the vote and other forms of political representation, equality under the law, and a place in history. Women's activism has taken many forms, some peaceful, others far less so. Find out more about the many aspects of feminists and activists past by coming to the GHIL library.

You can see an additional display with more books on this topic in the display case facing onto the stairs.

 

Angelika Schaser

Frauenbewegung in Deutschland : 1848-1933

Geschichte kompakt

Darmstadt : wbg Academic, 2020

Se.8/4755

Jane Freeland

Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002

British Academy Monographs

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022

eBook Open Access / Free Access

Uwe Fuhrmann

Feminismus in der frühen Gewerkschaftsbewegung (1890-1914) : Die Strategien der Buchdruckerei-HilfsarbeiterInnen um Paula Thiede

Forschung aus der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung. 199

Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, 2021

eBook Open Access / Free Access

Annemarie Tröger

Kampf um feministische Geschichten : Texte und Kontexte 1970-1990

Göttingen : Wallstein Verlag, 2021

eBook Nomos

Alexandria N. Ruble

Entangled Emancipation : Women's Rights in Cold War Germany

German and European Studies. v.52

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2023

eBook ProQuest

Anne-Laure Briatte

Bevormundete Staatsbürgerinnen : Die "radikale" Frauenbewegung im Deutschen Kaiserreich

Geschichte und Geschlechter. Band 72

Frankfurt ; New York, NY : Campus, 2020

Sf.8/4312

Marco Birn

Die Anfänge des Frauenstudiums in Deutschland : das Streben nach Gleichberechtigung von 1869-1918 ; dargestellt anhand politischer, statistischer und biographischer Zeugnisse

Heidelberger Schriften zur Universitätsgeschichte. Band 3

Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, 2015

Sf.8/1506

Kirsten Leng

Sexual politics and feminist science : women sexologists in Germany, 1900-1933

Signale: Modern German letters, culture, and thought

Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, 2018

Sf.11/3242

Katharina Karcher

Sisters in arms : militant feminisms in the Federal Republic of Germany since 1968

Monographs in German History. Volume 38

New York, N.Y. ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2017

Sk.8/3288/2

Patricia Melzer

Death in the shape of a young girl : women's political violence in the Red Army Faction

Gender and political violence series

New York, N.Y. ; London : New York University Press, 2015

Sk.8/3288/1

Vincent Streichhahn, Frank Jacob (eds.)

Geschlecht und Klassenkampf : die "Frauenfrage" aus deutscher und internationaler Perspektive im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert

Alternative, Demokratien : Studien zur Geschichte der Sozialdemokratie und des Sozialismus. Band 6

Berlin : Metropol, 2020

Df/2703/1

Hannelore Scholz

Die DDR-Frau zwischen Mythos und Realität : Zum Umgang mit der Frauenfrage in der Sowjetischen Besatzungszone und der DDR von 1945-1989

Historische Notate : Schriftenreihe des Unternehmensarchivs der Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg. H. 12

Schwerin : Die Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte, 1997

So.8/1802

Angela Pitzschke

Frauenleben und Frauenpolitik : Lebensgeschichte und politisches Engagement von Frauen der politischen Linken in der Nachkriegszeit, dargestellt am Beispiel Kassels

Forum Frauengeschichte. Bd 15

Pfaffenweiler : Centaurus-Verlagsges., 1994

Sk.8/2083

Jessica Bock

Frauenbewegung in Ostdeutschland : Aufbruch, Revolte und Transformation in Leipzig 1980-2000

Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur Mitteldeutschlands. Band 6

Halle (Saale) : Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2020

So.8/1803/2

Stephan Meder, Arne Duncker, Andrea Czelk (eds.)

Frauenrecht und Rechtsgeschichte : Die Rechtskämpfe der deutschen Frauenbewegung

Rechtsgeschichte und Geschlechterforschung. Bd 4

Köln ; Weimar ; Wien : Böhlau, 2006

Sa.7/1380

 

Library Catalogue

All of our books, journals and electronic resources can be found via our online catalogue.

Recently published books can be made available to readers very quickly, and we invite readers to suggest new acquisitions at library@ghil.ac.uk.

 


Library Collections

The GHIL Library's holdings comprise around 95,000 volumes, with a growing number of electronic resources. The collection's focus is largely on German history, with a special emphasis on the 19th and 20th centuries. Around a third of the library's resources are English-language materials.


Access and Services

The library is open to anyone with an interest in German history, British-German relations, or comparative historiography. The collection is reference only, so books cannot be taken out on loan.

There are no membership or joining fees but a passport photo and recent proof of address should be provided on the first visit so that a library card can be issued.


Contact and opening hours

Contact

German Historical Institute Library
17 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ

Tel. +44-(0)20-7309 2050
Email: library@ghil.ac.uk

 

Opening hours

Monday-Friday: 9.30am-9pm