A database of biographies of women, mostly in German. Produced by the Institute for Women's Biography Research/Institut für Frauen-Biographieforschung.
Published by the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, this online resource contains more than 49,000 historical-biographical articles from the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie and the Neue Deutsche Biographie.
Over 1,100 entries on the history, theory, technique, and criticism of poetry, including coverage of more than 100 nations, regions, and languages. (2012)
Over 500 entries on writers, works, movements, genres, and other topics. Includes relatively strong representation of women and ethnic minority writers.
Over 200 cross-referenced entries on poetry, novels, historical narrative, philosophical musings, and drama. The exceptional writers who emerged and shaped German literature over the centuries--including Vogelweide, Lessing, Goethe, Schiller, Heine, Nietzsche, Mann, and many others--are also covered.
Articles cover not only National Socialist leaders, but also more obscure party members and minor party groupings, and, in keeping with the totalitarian character of the Third Reich, articles cover such disparate areas as sports, culture, religion, and economics. Opponents and occupied nations are also covered.