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GERMANY POST WORLD WAR II
World War II (1939-1945) Axis – Germany, Japan, Italy Allied – USA, UK, France, Russia Hitler - Nazi - Xenophobia D-Day , Normandy Holocaust – Genocide 30th April 1945 – End of Hitler
Challenges faced by Germany post WWII
Divided Germany – American, British, French, Soviet Hyperinflation – 85% Moral bankruptcy Food shortage, Transport problem,
Devastated infrastructure. Denazification Responsibility and collective guilt.
Denazification US General – Dwight D.
Eisenhower Remove Nazis from positions of
influence and by disbanding the organizations associated with it.
Influenced the parliamentary council charged with drawing up a constitution for those occupation zones that would become West Germany.
German education regulated to abolish nazism.
May 8, 1949 - Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany.
1950-1970 West Germany
Joins NATO3rd largest economyResurgence of Neo-Nazi party - 6 day warBerlin Wall , 1961 – Iron Curtain
East Germany Socialism and communism influenced by Russia. Violated DDR ban – entered West Germany
THE GERMAN GUERILLA Red Army Faction ( Baader-Meinhof Group ) Revolutionary Cells ( R Z )
Communist and anti-imperialist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance against what they deemed to be a fascist state
Newly-found youth identity and issues such as racism, Women's liberation and anti-imperialism were at the forefront of left-wing politics.
German Autumn
Bank robberies to raise funds , killing of german police officers bombing of US military Operations , sabotage , expropriation
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a serious blow to left-wing groups
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL Divided Berlin East Germany
○ Communist society○ Soviets pilfered valuable assets○ The economy dragged . ○ Individual freedoms were severely restricted .
West Germany ○ Capitalist○ Rapid Growth – Economic Miracle ○ High Standard of living , Technologically
Advanced .
GERMANY : A FOOTBALL GIANT
Germany wins world cup in 1974 and 1990
Germany is the only national to win Men & women’s world cup.
Wins Euro Championships in 1972 , 1980 , 1996
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL Mass Emigration - the flight of the
intelligentsia Westwards . East Germany constructs Berlin Wall . Fourth version of the Berlin Wall,
constructed from 1975 to 1980 was most thorough – Concrete slabs .
Soviet Regime falls , Strong sentiments of unity across Germany .
The Berlin Wall falls on 9 November 1989
CHARLIE MEMORIAL
Memorial of the East Germans who died while crossing the Berlin Wall
Tear Down This Wall : Ronald Reagan
The Night of November , 1989 :The Berlin Wall Falls
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
Remaining stretch of the Wall near Ostbahnhof in Friedrichshain
REUNITED GERMANY In 1990 in which the German
Democrativ Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany)
Berlin reunited into a single city Berlin experienced a boom in
the construction industry Mentality gaps between East and West
persist, but so does sympathy
1991 - present
Europe’s largest economy, 4th largest in the world Largest exporters – vehicles, precision
engineering products, chemicals. High public investment in education , training skills , social security & safety net . Until 2009 – More exports that any other
country in the world
VIELEN DANKE!!!
EURO CRISIS TO BE PRESENTED NEXT .