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Ditto. If someone could PM me that would be just fine and dandy! CL

Bodyline Help Does anyone have any notes on "Bodyline" and it's impact upon Anglo-Australian relations in the 1930s? Thanks - CL

A good place to start is the BBC's tribute to the theory and understanding of genocide at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/genocide/ Whilst there you'll find an informative article by David Cesarani that focuses on "From Persecution to Genocide: The Radicalisation of Nazi Policy Towards the...

There are some notes on the role, psoition and impact of the Nazi State upon women about a third of the page down here: http://www.kdhs.org.uk/history/v2/as/as_unit3/index.htm You will especially find this article handY: German Wife And Mother: The Role Of Women In The Third Reich...

No, it's different when you teach it as against having to learn to apply it...... I wish you success. CL

Intentionalist V's Structuralist Intentialist Debate (in short) Otherwise I'll summarise - How Could A Situation Of ‘Institutional Anarchy’ Have Arisen In The Third Reich? There are two main explanations or theories for the existence of ‘leadership chaos’ (Hans Mommsen) in the Third...

Hitler Great set of notes can be found at The History Rooms. These cover domestic issues - ie Hitler Myth, Economy, Family, Women, Youth, Volsgemeinschaft, Class, Social Policy and the Church CL

Jumping the gun somewhat! Decide that your word is terrorism and you'll indicate to your tutor how narrow your view of the topic really is. CL

Not so much 'volunteered' as much as expected to as Head of Dept! Still, I feel a little more educated but I will have to bargain for those lost two hours somewhere........ CL

I wouldn't have volunteered to watch them, that's for certain. I wanted to see I should use them in class or not...... Aspects, maybe..... but not in their entirety. CL

I have just sat through 2hrs of watching and fast-forwarding of LR's 1938 release of 'Olympia' and I cannot remember ever being so bored before..... Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there is a great deal of technical and artistic merit within the production but I fail to be convinced of it's worth...

These might help. They're pretty comprehensive up to and including the death of Stresemann in 1929 but not after the Wall Street Crash

Found the text: May 23, 2004 Lost chronicle of the master race By Deirdre Fernand Hitler called her his 'ideal woman' and gave her artistic freedom to document his Aryan vision. But Leni Riefenstahl was reviled for her collaboration with the Nazis, and spent decades as a pariah. Her...

You should sheck out the Sunday Times Magazine (UK) from last weekend. Fantastic photographs from LR's private archive of the Olympics (1936) and the Nuremberg Rallies (1934). There is also an excellent commentary about her life, her work and an attempt to evaluate her contribution to the image...

School History Fabulous sets of links and info pages Spartacus Online Encyclopedia CL

You should also consider the Lebensborn Project and the reprecussions on the status and poistion of women with the Reich. I also found a site iwth some excellent notes on Women, Nazism and the Impact on Family Life and here there are some intresting conclusions in context. CL

What was Nazi policy towards women? Nazi policies from 1933 Increasing the number of children For the first few years this ran in the same direction as their need to reduce unemployment. They took various measures to achieve this. (a) Financial inducements: Marriage loans...

When considering this question it is all too easy to fall into the lull that the only plausible reason for Hitler's monsterous rise in popularity and success by 1933 was bound by the cocktail of problems signalled by the depression. In this case you must also consider what effect Versailles...

This is a troubling area for Historians. It cannot be denied that the settlements of Versailles will have had an impact on the consequences for European peace and more importantly on the continuation (if not just survival) of the Weimar Republic. Firstly, not by way of accident or design...

Thank you sarah. It's part of the service I provide for my students in general. We are building a search engine to seek history related materials which should be up and running at the end of the year. :)