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Short summarising presentations
Such presentations, fulfilling scientific requirements, can be found e.g. at Wikipedia, on kiel.de written by Christa GEckeler >>, or in "Kiel Lexikon (German)" edited by D. Tillmann and J. Rosenplänter, Wachholtz Verlag, 2011.
Scientific Literature
The most relevant work is still the painstaking doctoral thesis
of Dirk Daehnhardt: Revolution in Kiel - Der Uebergang vom Kaiserreich
zur Weimarer Republik 1918/19. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumuenster,
1978, ISBN 3-529-02636-0, (Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft fuer
Kieler Stadtgeschichte 64)
The background material collected by Daehnhardt for his thesis
contained some recensions of his book. The main excerpts are available
here (German): >>
Meanwhile another important work has been published, which is
based on Daenhardt's findings and documents the current scientific
knowledge: Rackwitz, Martin: Kiel 1918. Revolution, Aufbruch zu
Demokratie und Republik. Kiel 2018 (Sonderveröffentlichung
der Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte Band 87).
A concise presentation of the new state of science is given in the mainly by Klaus Kuhl written German Wikipedia-article: >>
Although fairly old but still relevant is the book written by the American/Austrian
history professor Daniel Horn: The German Naval Mutinies of World War I. Rutgers University Press,
New Brunswick (New Jersey - USA) 1969.
Horn also published an English translation of the diary of Richard
Stumpf: War, Mutiny and Revolution in the German Navy - The World
War I Diary of Seaman Richard Stumpf. Rutgers University Press,
New Brunswick (New Jersey - USA) 1967.
Further relevant literature:
- Wolfram Wette: Gustav Noske und die Revolution in Kiel 1918.
Boyens Buchverlag, Heide 2010, ISBN 978-3-8042-1322-7; erschienen
als Sonderveröffentlichung der Gesellschaft für Kieler
Stadtgeschichte, herausgegeben von Jürgen Jensen, Band 64
- Rolf Fischer (Hrsg.): Revolution und Revolutionsforschung. Beitraege
aus dem Kieler Initiativkreis 1918/19. Reihe: Sonderveröffentlichungen
der Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte (Band 67), Ludwig
Verlag, Kiel 2011, ISBN 978-3-86935-059-2.
- Klaus Kuhl: Kiel und die Revolution von 1918. Das Tagebuch eines
Werftingenieurs, verfasst in den Jahren 1917-1919. Edition und
Textanalyse. Berlin 2018 (Kieler Werkstücke Bd. 51). Peter
Lang Verlag, ISBN 978-3-631-75857-1. A table of contents and a
register can be accessed here (German, doc): >>
A presentation in the local press and a review written by Dr.
Martin Rackwitz and published in "Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft
für Schleswig-Holsteinische Geschichte", Band 146 (2021)
is available here (German): >>
- Klaus Kuhl: Matrosenaufstand 1918, Räte und die Politik
Gustav Noskes. In: IG Metall Bezirksleitung Küste (Hrsg.),
Frank Heidenreich (Redaktion): Matrosenaufstand und Novemberrevolution
1918. Hamburg 2020, S. 16-40.
- Oliver Auge: Problemfall Matrosenaufstand. Kiels Schwierigkeiten
im Umgang mit einem Schlüsseldatum seiner und der deutschen
Geschichte. In: Beirat für Geschichte (Hrsg.): Demokratische
Geschichte. Jahrbuch für Schleswig-Holstein Bd. 25, Malente
2014. Online verfügbar unter (pdf): >>
Debatable literature:
- Ernst-Heinrich Schmidt: Heimatheer und Revolution 1918 (Homeland
army and revolution 1918). Die militaerischen Gewalten im Heimatgebiet
zwischen Oktoberreform und Novemberrevolution. Stuttgart 1981.
An evaluation is available or can be downloaded here (pdf, German,
120 kB): >>
Further Information
The mutiny of the Kieler sailors ignited the German revolution of 1918. The major outcome was the first democracy in Germany, the Weimarer Republic, headed by Reichspraesident Friedrich Ebert. Thus Kiel played an important role in German history.
Teachers who are interested to use material from this site for
their lessons, may be interested in a literature list regarding
related methoddology (university of Muenster, German):
>>
The virtual museum of the Schleswig-Holsteinisch-Danish border
region (www.vimu.info) offers specific didactics regarding the
topic revolution in Germany as pdf-file (German or Danish):
>>
The mentioned virtual museum (VIMU) also offers a lot of different material regarding the sailors' mutiny in Kiel (German or Danish): >>
A project of a work group of the Ricarda-Huch school from 1998 had been published on the website of the newspaper sh:z. Meanwhile it's no longer accessible; a copy can be found here (German only): >>.
In July 2015 form 6 students of the high school Altenholz managed to get the first price in the history competition of the Bundespräsident with their fictitious but source-based disputation between political players of the Kiel Mutiny in 1918. The project "Es muss eine andere Welt entstehen (another world has to be erected)" was broadcast by Radio Offener Kanal Kiel.
In January 2005 Matthias Klaus published a school project report about the mutiny in Kiel. Very interesting his vivid narration of the conditionns which led to revolution (German): >>
Regarding the spreading of the mutiny over all Germany see e.g. Wikipedia >>.
Regarding the effects of the November Revolution the historian Prof. Dr. Peter Brandt held 2008 a very interesting lecture in Kiel >>
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Update 16 May 2021