Metropol Verlag

The Metropol Verlag is a publishing house based in Berlin. His focus is on contemporary history and politics. In addition to professional and scientific books, he laid the life stories of those persecuted by the Nazi regime. He also publishes children 's books on historical topics.

Substantive Profile

The publishing house was founded in 1988 by Friedrich Veitl in West Berlin and published per year, about 40 book titles; by 2012 more than 450 volumes have been published. In metropolitan publishing several book series are located beyond that arose from the collaboration of the publisher with institutions such as the Centre for Research on Antisemitism at the Technical University of Berlin and the Memorial Sachsenhausen. Include the Library of remembrance, survival products, history of the concentration camps 1933-1945, minima Judaica and time histories of the most important book series of the publisher.

In metropolitan publishing various scientific periodicals, around the renowned magazine of History, which was acquired by the publisher in 1993 appear beyond. More topic-specific journals of the publisher include the Yearbook for Research on Antisemitism, the Yearbook for Historical Research communism ( JHK ) and Voyage. Yearbook of Travel & Tourism Research.

Metropolitan usually published only books in German language. From exhibition catalogs and successful works, such as the volume on the history of the Berlin Airlift, but the publisher also provides English-language editions.

Authors

Among the well-known science writers and editors of publishing include Wolfgang Benz, Barbara Distel, Hermann Kaienburg, Annette Leo, Peer Pasternack, Heinz Schneppen, Günter Schubert, Hasso Spode, Feliks Tych, and Juliane Wetzel. As autobiographies and eyewitness reports, among others, the writings of Emil folds, Otti Binswanger Lilienthal ( the youngest daughter of Gustav Lilienthal ), Eugen Herman peace, Marie- Luise Jahn, Gertrude Lehmann- Waldschütz, Rudolf Olden and Livia Kathe Wittmann published.