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Or Deutschland
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Flags and maps obtained from:http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
© 2006 -Jon Benignus
17th Century Germany
© Fragen an die deutsche Geschichte
Otto von Bismarck
• Invaded France for 1st time.– Franco-Prussian
War
• United Germany in 1871
http://www.ssa.gov/history/pics/b65.gif
Unification
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World War I• Invaded France
for 2nd Time
• Allies punished Germany with the Treaty of Versailles
http://mitglied.lycos.de/TicoFluck/wilhelm/wilh1.jpg
Post WW I Germany
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Hyperinflation
• Paying war reparations hurt German economy
• Money became worthless
Value of German money 1=1914 values
Kite made out of German money
Rise of Adolph Hitler• Blamed France
and Treaty of Versailles for Germany’s problems• Also blamed the
Jews for good measure
http://www.tribulation.com/images/hitler1.jpg
WW II - France• Invaded France for
3rd Time
• Hitler punished France for Treaty of Versailles
http://www.nsec-88.org/ruzne/hitler/hitler.html
WW II – Soviet Union• Invaded
Soviet Union in 1941
• Lost war in the Winter
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WW II – Holocaust• Largest
example of Genocide
• Killed over 6 million Jews and Slavs
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Post WW II Germany
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Berlin Divided• Soviets con-
trolled half of the city
• People kept going west
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The Berlin Wall• Soviets built
a wall around West Berlin
• Prevented E. Germans from going west
http://www.rodmacdonald.net/boverlook.htm
Brandenburg Gate
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-63664/Branderburg%20Gate.jpg
JFK in Berlin• Kennedy gave
his “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech
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West Germany• Capital – Bonn
• Member of:–NATO
–EU
• Economic Miracle
Economic Miracle• Economic
Aid from the Marshall Fund
• Membership in the EU
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West Germany
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East Germany• Capital–East Berlin
• Member of Warsaw Pact
• Economically behind
East Germany
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East Germany
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German Reunification• Soviet Union
started to collapse• East Germany
opened borders• People started to
knock down Berlin Wall
http://www.hep.upenn.edu/~max/photos/travel/hammer_berlin_89.jpg
Reunification II• Berlin wall
went down
• People flooded into West Germany
http://www.exmsft.com/~krishof/europe/europeD.html
Reunification III
http://www.leavenworth.army.mil/cac/postgraphics/berlin-wall.jpg
Reunification IV
Kohl and Chirac Helmut Kohlhttp://www.china-a.de/cn/dgyd/d2/d106.jpghttp://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/
WegeInDieGegenwart_photoKohlChiracG7Gipfel/index.jpg
Problems with Reunification• Ossis not used to Free
Market System• Expensive to rebuild
East Germany• Chancellor - Angela
Merkel (since 2005)
–Was a Physics Professor in East Germany
Angela Merkelhttp://www.worldgeography.abc-clio.com/library/maps/countrydisplay.aspx?countryid=72&bmap=False&highlightid=13&categoryid=13&entryid=869369&nav=non