The Holstein Papers
The Memoirs, Diaries and Correspondence of Friedrich von Holstein 1837–1909

The fourth volume of Friedrich von Holstein, Bismarck's subordinate at the German Foreign Office, containing his correspondence, 1897–1909.

Friedrich von Holstein (Author)

9780521179669, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 17 February 2011

664 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3.7 cm, 0.96 kg

Friedrich von Holstein (1837–1909) was Bismarck's subordinate at the German Foreign Office. Since his death historians have combined to make him a monster of sinister and self-seeking policy. At various times von Holstein kept diaries, began memoirs, and wrote and received letters, and many of these survive. A selection of this Nachlass, which was first published in volume form between 1955 and 1963, is presented here. The original effect of this publication prompted an entire re-judgement of Bismarck, German foreign policy, and of Holstein himself. Volume 4 completes the correspondence from and to Holstein. Together, volumes 3 and 4 contain the real core of the papers and are an unusually rich source of primary material on German foreign policy of the period. Volume 4 covers Holstein's correspondence between 1897 and 1909.

Part II. Correspondence: 25. 1897
26. 1898
27. 1899
28. 1900
29. 1901
30. 1902
31. 1903
32. 1904
33. 1905
34. 1906
35. 1907
36. 1908
37. 1909
Index to correspondence 1861–1909 (two volumes).

Subject Areas: History [HB]