European Newspapers

"The first "trench papers" developed mostly on the initiative of soldiers without official control." The University Library Heidelberg provides online access to nineteen newspapers.

This newspaper can be accessed via HathiTrust. "Published in Stuttgart, Sept. 9, 1798-Oct. 14, 1803, place of publication unknown, Nov. 17, 1803-Aug. 31, 1810, published in Augsburg, Sept. 1, 1810-Sept. 30, 1882, published in Munich, Oct. 1, 1882-Feb. 25, 1925, published simultaneously in Augsburg, Apr. 1, 1924-Feb. 28, 1925."

This database provides access to "more than 100 Jewish language newspapers and periodicals published in the German-speaking world between 1806 to 1938."

"Open access to three major East German papers -- Neues Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung, Neue Zeit (registration is required)."

Users can search the issues using keywords.

Users can search the issues using keywords.

"DigiPress, the newspaper portal of the Bavarian State Library, now has 16 new and 183 supplemented newspaper companies with 1.2 million pages."

"Around 450 newspapers were published in exile between 1933 and 1945. These newspapers represent valuable sources for researchers of the German-speaking exile. For example, they provide insights into cultural and political positions and associations, into the opinions of those in exile regarding the events in National-Socialist Germany, and into everyday life and living conditions in the countries of refuge. The newspapers are also of interest for the comparative analysis and study of current examples of exile."

This website provides access to historical holdings of the Freiburg University Library. Digital collections include Freiburger Zeitung ( (1784-1943) and Staufener Wochenblatt (1875-1968).

Europeana provides access to historical German newspapers.

EuroDocs portal provides access to several historic German Newspapers.

"The Berlin State Library presents ZEFYS, a portal for finding and using current as well as historical newspapers from Germany and all over the world. It currently provides access to 193 historical newspapers from Germany and foreign newspapers in German."

"Funded by the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia, this project aims at digitizing local newspapers from North Rhine Westphalia from the period of 1801-1945. This portal presents the digitized newspapers for a broad public and will be expanded continuously."

Available from 1947 onward.

Available from 1946 onward. Users can search the issues using keywords.

This website provides links to the major German newspapers.