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History : Europe: Primary Sources - West
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for European history.
Western Europe
Primary sources from the countries of Western Europe which according to the United Nations are: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands and Switzerland. To find primary sources on Great Britain and Ireland, see the guide for British and Irish history. To find primary sources on World War I and World War II, see the guide for Military history.
Images: 1941 issue of NS-Frauen-Warte, the Nazi Party’s magazine for women, August 1904 issue of French humor magazine & 1945 Dutch poster Nachtmerrie over Nederland
Major European-Wide Collections
- Artstor This link opens in a new window
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- Gerritsen Women's History Collection of Aletta H. Jacobs This link opens in a new window
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- Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War This link opens in a new window
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Austria & Switzerland
Netherlands & Low Countries
France
- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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- Le Monde
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Germany
- Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962
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- East Germany from Stalinization to the New Economic Policy, 1950-1963
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- German Foreign Ministry archives, 1867-1920
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- Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective This link opens in a new window
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