Search

The article presents the position of the Institut für Zeitgeschichte historical institute on the putative ideological relationship between the Nationaldemokratische Partei Deutschlands and the Nationalsozialistische Arbeiterpartei Deutschlands (Nazi) political parties. The first and second trials at the Bundesverfassungsgericht constitutional court against the NDP due to its right-wing extremism and Nazi ideologies according to article 21 of the German constitution are described.

Germany was the most influential model for modern Japanese politics since the forced opening of the country. The article illustrates this by way of the example of Sakuzo Yoshino (1878-1933) and Shinkichi Uesugi (1878-1929), two professors at the Imperial University of Tokyo who were simultaneously important commentators on public affairs. Both had studied in Heidelberg, but perceived German politics in very different ways: while Yoshino decidedly rejected the German Son- d^erweg and was positively disposed towards Anglo-Saxon democracy, Uesugi defended the political role of the Japanese Emperor precisely because of his German experiences. The article tries to find explanations as to why and how Yoshino and Uesugi reached such diametrically opposed views. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reports on a conference on German historian and 1927 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ludwig Quidde, from October 13-16, 2008, in Rome, Italy. Presentation topics included Quidde's career as a historian, which was cut short due to his criticism of Prussian authoritarianism, and as a politician, German-language historiography on the Holy See, and the usefulness of Quidde's magnum opus, Reportorium Germanicum (RG), for the historiography of medieval and early modern European history.