Germany’s Godfather

January 16, 2012 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

Jonathan Steinberg presents the fabled German chancellor as both an egomaniacal hypochondriac and a political-military genius: “He is the statesman who unified Germany in three wars .  .  . a hypochondriac with the constitution of an ox, a brutal tyrant who could easily shed tears, a convert to an…

One Historian's Quest

January 5, 2009 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

Hitler, the Germans, and the Final Solution

The Jewish Question

February 25, 2008 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

How Jews Became Germans

Diminishing Europe

October 8, 2007 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

A  saying from the German Middle Ages suggests that a couple who cannot have children may be more burdened than a couple who do have children.

The German Problem

June 19, 2006 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

The Seduction of Culture in German History

The Miracle Cure

October 17, 2005 · Magazine, Steven Ozment, Books and Arts

Exorcism and Enlightenment