2. Content
Three key collections of primary sources for research on Hitler, now available in one database:
Hitler: Speeches, Writings, Proclamations The 12 volume IFZ edition > Focuses on Hitler's speeches, which were by far the most effective propaganda tool of the Nazi movement up to 1933.
The Domarus Edition 1,700 documents (covering 1932–45) from the Max Domarus edition that first appeared in 1965; these documents are incorporated into a commentary.
Hitler's 1924 Trial for Treason Contains a complete transcript of the main proceedings against Hitler and his accomplices.

3. Content
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Documents the full spectrum of Hitler's worldview and political goals.
Contains documents comprising over 8,500 book pages.
A subject index allows searches by topic.
The database can also be searched by date, place, name, and publication title.

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Hitler: Speeches, Writings, Proclamations contains maps of all locations in which Hitler gave speeches between 1925 and 1933
Title search: Redeorte ("Speech Locations")
The Max Domarus Edition contains photographs for under the entry "Das Jahr" ("The Year")
Title search: Das Jahr 19XX
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Hitler's 1924 Trial for Treason contains four entries with image documentation
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17. Particular Features of the Sources
Hitler: Speeches, Writings, and Proclamations – Feb to Jan. 1933
Conduct a full text search for "Verzeichnis der zitierten Publikationen" ("Index of Cited Publications") to display the bibliography of each volume
The subject index of the print edition can be searched under "Keyword"
Speeches can be accessed easily through the search function for "Year" or "Date"

18. Particular Features of the Sources
Max Domarus – Hitler, Speeches and Proclamations (1932–1945): Commentary from a German Contemporary
Access documentary accounts for a given year (1932 to 1945) under the search function for "Year"
An index of reproduced speeches can be found under
Document Title: Verzeichnis (“Index”)
Publication: Max Domarus

19. Particular Features of the Sources
Max Domarus – Hitler, Speeches and Proclamations (1932–1945): Commentary from a German Contemporary
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20. Particular Features of the Sources
Hitler's 1924 Trial for Treason: Transcript of Main Proceedings Before the Munich People's Court
For a chronological display of trial dates, conduct a Document Title search for Verhandlungstag ("Trial Day")
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To see the bibliography, conduct a full text search for Verzeichnis der verwendeten Literatur ("Index of Cited Literature")

21. Particular Features of the Sources
Hitler's 1924 Trial for Treason: Transcript of the Main Proceedings Before the Munich People's Court
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22. Additional Database Features
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Overview of Print Volumes, Introduction, Preface to HRSA
Original Foreword by Max Domarus

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