UCD Library Collection Spotlight: Dublin Festival of History 2015

In March of 1933, a disused factory surrounded by barbed wire held 223 prisoners in the town of Dachau. By the end of 1945, the SS concentration camp system had become an overwhelming landscape of terror. Twenty-two large camps and over one thousand satellite camps throughout Germany and Europe were at the heart of the Nazi campaign of repression and intimidation. The importance of the camps in terms of Nazi history and our modern world cannot be questioned. Dr Nikolaus Wachsmann is the first historian to write a complete history of the camps.

Tom Holland gives a dazzling portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty.

The long forgotten story of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster in the dying days of the First World War is brought back to life in this tale of the disaster. The book tells the stories of those on board the Leinster and UB-123 and examines not only the sinking but also its ramifications for those left behind.

The compelling story of West Belfast's involvement in fighting on the Western Front throughout the First World War.

Awarded The Prix Du Jury Des Grands Prix De La Fondation Napoleon 2014, this is the definitive modern biography of Napoleon.

A collection of veterans' stories as told by the families, with military records, surviving documents and letters.

This comprehensive biography documents Goebbels’ ascent through the ranks of the Nazi Party, where he became a member of the Führer’s inner circle and launched a brutal campaign of anti-Semitic propaganda.