Germany

The first Jews came to Germany 1150 years ago, at the very latest. Possibly earlier. It is known that Charlemagne brought (or invited) Jews to Germany; and we have the names of Rabbis in Germany 1100 years ago.

Germany is made up of the very similar to catholic denomination Lutheranism. The reason for that is that Martin Luther a German monk reformed from the Catholics and created his very very similar denomination Lutheranism. He did that to save the church from corruption and destruction, so it would be safe. Do you get it?

The 1989 collapse of the East German government was followed by the destruction of the Berlin Wall. In October 1990, the reunification of Germany was made official when each of the 5 member states of East Germany applied to join the Federal Republic of Germany.

fRANCE, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, POLAND, AUSTRIA. RUSSIA IS WAY OFF GERMANY SILLY!

Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall is the most popular tourist spot in Germany. The Berlin Wall doesn't still stand today. You can still find parts of the wall still standing so tourists could see what used to be the Berlin Wall that divided north and south Germany.

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor, which is equivalent to prime minister.

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Germany attacked & occupied Denmark beginning 4:15am on April 9, 1940. This was done as part of the German invasion of Norway. Germany needed air bases in Denmark to support its simultaneous invasion of Norway.

From c. 1800 onwards there was a growing nationalist movement in Germany. German intellectuals interested in politics looked at the world around them and concluded that the most successful countries in Europe were nation-states (such as France, Britain, Russsia and the Netherlands). These early German nationalists also included liberals, wanted to curb the power of the hereditary monarchs, princes, dukes and so on in the German-speaking countries. There was a widespread view that this ought to be done both locally (by establishing parliaments in the individual states) but also 'from above', by tying individual states into a nation.

The Great Depression was global. No country was able to insulate itself from it. Germany was more severely affected than some countries because it was very dependent on short term loans from the U.S.

Germany took out loans from the United States to pay its reparations.

The most well known German scientist is Albert Einstein. Other notable German scientists include Max Born, Otto Hahn, and Carl Bosch.

Many left because of a failure of a democratic revolution in Germany in 1848.

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The most famous building is the "Brandenburger Tor". The 26m high and 65 m wide building is in the city of Berlin. Carl Gotthard built it from 1788 until 1791. 1961 it was closed, because the border which divided east- and west Berlin went through the Gate. 1989, when the wall fell, the "Brandenburger Tor" was opened for everyone. Many events (like the Love Parade) are celebrated on the Paris-place under the Gate. In Cologne there's an important building too. It's the Cologne Cathedral. The 15m high building stands in the centre of Cologne. You can visit the service each day. In the "Teutoburger Wald" (a forest in the middle of Germany) there's a famous monument in honour of Hermann the Cherusker. It stands nearby Detmold.

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They were ready for a charismatic leader because Germany had been seriously put down in the treaties at the end of WWI.

Germany has a first-rate school and university system. Usually the children start at the age of 6 years to go to school. The first four years all children go to the same type of school which is called " Grundschule " - basic school. After those four years the teacher and the parents decide, which way the children can go further. There are three possibilities: Hauptschule - The child will stay another 5 years in school - which is the lowest education you can get. Realschule - The child stays another 6 years in school. Gymnasium - The child stays another 7 years in school and has the possibiliety to go to university. Germany has also many possibilities, where children can get a higher education even after they "only" visited the Haupt- or Realschule.

When Germany failed to pay their reparation payments in 1923, France occupied the Ruhr. This caused an international crisis and a new payment plan, called the Dawes Plan, was implemented in 1924.

The Ruhr is a river in Germany and the valley the river flows through is a region famous in the past for heavy industry e.g. iron, steel, coal mining. So in short it is both a river valley and a region in Germany. It also used to be the centre of the German arms industry. Heavy vehicles are still produced there. Major cities in the area include Essen, Dortmund, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Muehlheim and many smaller towns. The Ruhr flows into the Rhine at Ruhrort in Duisburg, which is one of Germany's biggest inland ports.

Christmas began in Germany by the begining of christ and their saveir being born.

German forces surrendered in many locations right at the end of WWII:

(1945)

Italy May 1

Berlin May 2

Denmark/Netherlands May 4

Bavaria May 4

Central Europe May 5

Breslau May 6

Channel Islands May 8

The official surrender was signed by Gen. Alfred Jodl on May 7, 1945 at Reims, France.

Germany's most important exports are in the field of engineering, especially high quality cars and railway vehicles. They also export machinery, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, metals, foodstuff, electronics, textiles, wine.

It would be foolish to think they did not. An overwhelming majority of Germans and Austrians supported Hitler fully. There was German resistance, but not suffiecient enough to threaten Hitlers seat of power.

They were offered land in Prussia. There are severals web-sites that detail the 1750 land offer and subsequent migration of Germans into Prussia, Poland, Russia, and Hungary.

www.odessa3.org

www.grhs.org

One of the first colonies was named Tscherswenka. Use it as a search term and you will find details of the 1750 landkreis.

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