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.
Covid-19 safety measures

Readers should wear a face covering when moving around the institute, unless they are exempt. Face coverings can be removed when working at your desk.
You must not visit the institute if you are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19, or if you have recently tested positive for Covid-19.
Readers are encouraged to take a lateral flow test before they visit the library.
Visiting and joining the Library

Our opening hours are Monday to Friday (9.30am-5pm).
New readers should book an appointment (email: library@ghil.ac.uk) for a virtual induction (offered via Zoom, Mondays 12pm and Wednesdays 4pm, or by arrangement) before their first visit, and register in person at reception on their first visit.
Library staff are 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.
To ensure staff and visitor safety we will keep some hygiene measures in place. Please see our amended regulations for details.

Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie
Montaillou : Cathars and Catholics in a French village, 1294-1324
London : Scolar Press, 1978
Mkb.8/20 b

Marcel Thomas
Local lives, parallel histories : villagers and everyday life in the divided Germany
Studies in German history
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020
eBook ProQuest

Werner Nell/Marc Weiland (Hg.)
Dorf : ein interdisziplinäres Handbuch
Stuttgart : J. B. Metzler Verlag, 2019
eBook ProQuest

Claudia Schemmer
Fernsehen : Quellen für die bayerische Landesgeschichte
Zeitschrift für bayerische Landesgeschichte. Beiheft. 45
München : C.H.Beck, 2022
Te/50/1(45

Helena Waddy
Oberammergau in the Nazi Era : The Fate of a Catholic Village in Hitler's Germany
Oxford : Oxford Univ. Press, 2010
Sh.6/1820

Thomas Robisheaux
The last witch of Langenburg : Murder in a German Village
New York, N.Y., London : Norton, 2009
Se.8/2260

Peter H. Merkl
Small Town and Village in Bavaria : The Passing of a Way of Life
New York, N.Y., Oxford : Berghahn, 2012
Sk.6/1530

Regina Schulte
The village in court : Arson, infanticide, and poaching in the court records of Upper Bavaria, 1848-1910mics
Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1994
Dg/2395 a

Jason B. Johnson
Divided village : the Cold War in the German borderlands
London ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2017
So.6/3010/2
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–5pm