How do historians come up with questions and find sources with answers? What are the ins and outs of working in an archive? In an episode chock full of resources, Ryan waxes poetic about overcoming the obstacles of taking research from conception to completion.

Links:

Klaus Gietinger on Wolfgang Niess, Die Revolution von 1918/19: Der wahre Beginn unserer Demokratie and Joachim Käppner, 1918 – Aufstand für die Freiheit: Die Revolution der Besonnenen.

https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/rezbuecher-28872

Archivportal

www.archivportal-d.de

Center for Research Libraries

http://www.crl.edu/

Worldcat (for all your ILL needs)

https://www.worldcat.org/

NARA Captured German Records

https://www.archives.gov/research/captured-german-records

Digitized Finding Aids for the Records of Reich Leader SS and Chief of German Police

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-1.pdf

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-2.pdf

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/microfilm/t175-3.pdf