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One might use the old German Empire as a parameter to compare historical research in the German Democratic Republic with that of West Germany. If one also includes Austria and Switzerland in the comparison then it seems to me that a number of significant things emerge; at any rate the result is certainly not one-sided.
1. Unabridged version of a lecture given in June 1983 at the Humboldt University, East Berlin, with the title 4Das Alte Reich — Utopie oder Wirklichkeit’. I am grateful to Manfred Rudersdorf (Tübingen) for assistance.
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Press, V. (1987). The Holy Roman Empire in German History. In: Kouri, E.I., Scott, T. (eds) Politics and Society in Reformation Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18814-7_3
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