Die Rote Hilfe

Sabine Hering and Kurt Schilde, eds. Die Rote Hilfe: Die Geschichte der internationalen kommunistischen "Wohlfahrtsorganisation" und ihrer sozialen Aktivitäten in Deutschland (1921-1941). Opladen: Leske und Budrich, 2003. 326 pp. Photos, illustrations, charts, documents, bibliography. EUR 24.90 (paper), ISBN 3-8100-3634-X.

Reviewed by: Gary Roth, Rutgers University at Newark.
Published by: H-German (February, 2006)

Auf denn, Ihr Schwestern!

Anke Ortlepp. "Auf denn, Ihr Schwestern!": Deutschamerikanische Frauenvereine in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1844-1914. Transatlantische Historische Studien, 17. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2004. 309 pp. Appendix, bibliography, index. EUR 37.00 (cloth), ISBN 3-5150-8405-3.

Reviewed by: Janet M. C. Walmsley, Department of History and Art History, George Mason University.
Published by: H-German (September, 2005)

Eugene Forsey Prize

This is a short reminder to instructors and authors in history, labour studies and related fields about the Eugene Forsey Prize in Canadian Labour and Working-Class History, awarded each year by the Canadian Commitee on Labour History. There is a graduate thesis award and also an undergraduate essay award. The deadline for submissions is 1 June 2006. Details are available at the following site address:

[url]http://www.mun.ca/cclh/Forsey.html[/url]