Collins Memorial Library: History 325: Totalitarian Dictatorships in 20th-century Europe: Primary Sources

Germany: Anthologies of Primary Documents

Try searching these Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in Primo to find anthologies of primary source materials, available here in Collins Library or via SUMMIT request:

Germany: Online Primary Source Collections

German History in Documents and Images
"German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) is 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. The materials are presented in ten sections, which have been compiled by leading scholars."
The German Propaganda Archive
Collection of English translations of propaganda material from Nazi Germany and the German Democratic Republic.

Italy: Anthologies of Primary Sources

Try searching these Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in Primo to find anthologies of primary source materials, available here in Collins Library or via SUMMIT request:

Italy: Selected Additional Sources

Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi; Frances Frenaye (Translator); Mark Rotella (Introduction by)
Call Number: DG975.L78 L43 Print Books
ISBN: 9780374530099
Publication Date: 2006
It was to Lucania, a desolate land in southern Italy, that Carlo Levi--a doctor, painter, philosopher, and man of letters--was confined as a political prisoner because of his opposition to Italy's Fascist government at the start of the Ethiopian war in 1935. While there, Levi reflected on the harsh landscape and its inhabitants, peasants who lived the same lives their ancestors had, constantly fearing black magic and the near presence of death. In so doing, Levi offered a starkly beautifuland moving account of a place and a people living outside the boundaries of progress and time.

Soviet Union: Bibliography & Online Collections

A useful resource for finding primary sources on Soviet history in English is Harvard Professor Terry Martin's bibliography:

English-Language Primary Sources on Soviet History in English
Contains an exhaustive (although not fully up-to-date) list of primary source materials of very different types.
Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS)
"[P]rovides access to digitized materials selected from the Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System (HPSSS). The digital collection consists chiefly of summary transcripts of 705 interviews conducted with refugees from the USSR during the early years of the Cold War."
Revelations from the Russian Archives
This Library of Congress online exhibit provides access to original and translated primary source documents.

Soviet Union: Anthologies of Primary Sources

Try searching these Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) in Primo to find anthologies of primary source materials, available here in Collins Library or via SUMMIT request:

Soviet Union: Selected Additional Sources

Stalin's Secret Pogrom by Joshua Rubenstein (Editor); Vladimir Naumov (Editor); Laura E. Wolfson (Translator)
Call Number: Click on title for online access
ISBN: 9780300084863
Publication Date: 2001
In 1952, 15 Soviet Jews were secretly tried and convicted; multiple executions soon followed in the basement of Moscow's Lubyanka prison. This book sets the trial in historical and political context and offers a vivid account of Stalin's anti-Semitic campaign. 40 illustrations.