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Print on Demand. This book is a detailed historical, political, and cultural narrative of the town of Pforzheim in southwestern Germany. Through detailed research, the author traces the development of Pforzheim from a humble settlement in Roman times to its emergence as a thriving city during the Middle Ages and into the modern era. The book explores Pforzheim's role in regional and national conflicts, including the Thirty Years' War, and its significance as a center of the Reformation. It examines the town's industrial development in the 19th and 20th centuries and the impact of the Nazi era and World War II. The author offers insights into the town's social and economic life throughout its history, providing a comprehensive understanding of Pforzheim's rich heritage and its place within German history. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

The first wide-ranging survey of the Pforzheim jewellery industry around 1900. Text in English and German.

The stated objective of Bomber Command during WWII, according to the Casablanca Directive of 1943, was to ‘participate in the progressive destruction and dislocation of the German military, industrial and economic system’ as well as to ‘undermine the morale of the German people to the point where their capacity for armed resistance is fatally weakened’. Pondered from a moral perspective, these directives are wholly questionable, but during the allied bombing raid of Pforzheim in 1945, both objectives were emphatically met. Just 11 weeks after the event, Germany surrendered, signaling the end of the Second World War.In this, the 70th anniversary year of the raid and the end of the war, Anthony Redding explores each facet of the offensive within its wider historic context, describing the buildup, the strategic reasons why Pforzheim was chosen as a target, the consequences of the raid in terms of human casualties and technological/aircraft losses, and its aftermath. The fate of a set of pilots downed during the offensive is given particular attention; their executions are described in stark terms, with firsthand accounts included from members of the Hitler Youth employed in the task. Redding does an admirable job of emphasizing the importance of understanding historical context when considering actions in times of extreme trauma, and his narrative account of the closing months of Bomber Command's war is sure to intrigue and engage a wide cross-section of readers.