Biographical profiles from Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1875–1912) and Neue Deutsche Biographie (1953-2024) covering people in German history from the Middle Ages to the present. Beginning in 2022, new online-only articles are added to the digital collection.
Digital facsimile articles from biographical reference works with persons, families, and groups from around the world covering the 8th century BCE to the present.
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