Germany: Germany is located in mainland Europe. Neighboring countries include Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, and Poland. The capitol of Germany is the city of Berlin.
History (after World War 2): After twelve years of Nazi dictatorship with all its dreadful impacts and Germany’s capitulation at the end of World War 2, Germany is divided in four zones by the allies. While the western Allies
envisaged the construction of a parliamentary Democracy and realize the foundation of the Federal Republic Germany with the proclamation of the Basic Constitutional Law (on May 23rd, 1949), the USSR implies socialism in its zone and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is founded (on October 7th, 1949). So Germany is separated into East and West and the Cold War takes its course. 1954 Germany wins the World Cup (“Wunder von Bern”), 1956 the last prisoners of war return from the USSR.
The Cold war is under way to its climax, the number of refugees fleeing the GDR increases. The GDR Regime closes the access to West Berlin and builds the Wall, turning the border to the Federal Republic into a strip of death, where numerous citizens, trying to get to the Federal Republic will lose their lives in the following 28 years.
But the event of the century of course is the Fall of the Wall on November the 9th, 1989. Under the pressure of their own people the GDR opens the passages to the West, a step nearly no one neither in East or West has considered possible. Now the time of the German Separation comes to an end. After the announcement of travel facilitations thousands of GDR citizens come to the border to the Western part of Berlin where passages are opened. The Wall finally has come down. In December there are negotiations on the democratic reorganization of the GDR. At the same time a growing number of people demand a German Unity.
History (after World War 2): After twelve years of Nazi dictatorship with all its dreadful impacts and Germany’s capitulation at the end of World War 2, Germany is divided in four zones by the allies. While the western Allies
envisaged the construction of a parliamentary Democracy and realize the foundation of the Federal Republic Germany with the proclamation of the Basic Constitutional Law (on May 23rd, 1949), the USSR implies socialism in its zone and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) is founded (on October 7th, 1949). So Germany is separated into East and West and the Cold War takes its course. 1954 Germany wins the World Cup (“Wunder von Bern”), 1956 the last prisoners of war return from the USSR.
The Cold war is under way to its climax, the number of refugees fleeing the GDR increases. The GDR Regime closes the access to West Berlin and builds the Wall, turning the border to the Federal Republic into a strip of death, where numerous citizens, trying to get to the Federal Republic will lose their lives in the following 28 years.
But the event of the century of course is the Fall of the Wall on November the 9th, 1989. Under the pressure of their own people the GDR opens the passages to the West, a step nearly no one neither in East or West has considered possible. Now the time of the German Separation comes to an end. After the announcement of travel facilitations thousands of GDR citizens come to the border to the Western part of Berlin where passages are opened. The Wall finally has come down. In December there are negotiations on the democratic reorganization of the GDR. At the same time a growing number of people demand a German Unity.