History of Germany

The Berlin Wall symbolized an iron curtain.

The Iron Curtain fence stretched for thousands of kilometers to separate Eastern and Western countries, and it was especially strong in Germany, where the Berlin Wall became an unmistakable symbol of the Iron Curtain division. In certain regions, the Iron Curtain was nothing more than a plain chain link fence, when in other places it was a highly guarded area which only people carrying special government permissions could approach.

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By actual land size, The Pentagon in the USA

By square footage, Building 10 (Clinical Center) at the National Institutes of Health Campus, Bethesda, MD

men would be gone for about 2 years at a time. the women would stay home with the dogs and feed the kids to them. Back then dogs were a huge part of the Christain way. God saw them as a special animanl just like the sun god Raw saw cats as a sacred anaimal. After the 1st crusade men would then take the grown dogs and have them attack the muslims. This is were the use of dogs and fighting first became.

The laws you are referring to are called the Carlsbad Decrees. They were a set of laws enacted by the German Confederation in response to liberal and nationalist movements. The decrees aimed to censor the press, restrict freedom of speech, and suppress student organizations to maintain autocratic rule. The measures were intended to prevent uprisings and limit political dissent in the aftermath of the Napoleonic era.

Prussia's main rival for leadership of the German people, according to Bismarck, was Austria. This rivalry culminated in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. Bismarck sought to weaken and marginalize Austria's influence over the German states to establish Prussian dominance in a unified Germany.

The largest party in the Reichstag following the elections in July 1932 was the NSDAP (Nazis) with 230 out of 608 members. In the elections of November 1932 they suffered significant losses and won only 196 seats, but they were still the larrgest party.

The Nazi regime violated human rights and civil liberties on a massive scale before the war. Key examples include: harrassing people on the grounds that they might pose a threat to the security of the state (!), imprisonment without trial, systematic brutality towards the prisoners in concentration camps, murdering opponents, banning people from public office on grounds of race, persecuting the Jews and others. Also the practice of making the victims of persecution pay for permission to leave the country was a gross violation of human rights and contrary to natural justice. All this started in 1933 and intensified rapidly. By 1936 the terror apparatus was a very powerful lobby ...

Johan Otto von Spreckelsen died on March 16, 1987.

Bismarck was removed from his position as chancellor of the German Empire in 1890 by Emperor Wilhelm II, because he was carrying on a foreign policy aiming to avoid wars in Europe, while the emperor wanted to launch Germany on a bellicose one instead, in order to achieve the predominance of Germany in Europe.

It was involved with trading and merchant shipping. It existed from 1241 AD to 1934 AD when it was permanently closed down by the Hitler government, who did not like multi-national commercial alliances for obvious reasons. It was the longest-lived multi-national Transportation Organization of all time, and in comparison the Cunard Line and Italian Line seem like overnight hikers.

At the end of WW 2 the Russian forces got to Berlin first and a few days later the allies arrived. In negotiations the city of Berlin was divided into 4 sectors. The western powers got 3 of the four and Russia was given one sector. This sector became East Germany and the Berlin Wall was built by the Russians to keep the people of East Germany within its borders. The Brandenburg gate was the checkpoint between the western sector and the Russian. This stayed this way until 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down.

Bismarck's title in Germany was Chancellor (Reichskanzler).

Kaiser Wilhelm was the Emporer of Germany from 1888 to 1918. As such he was the head of state, but not a member of a political party. His political leanings were varied, but early on he became very interested in social issues. A strong indicator of his believes is evident in his dealings with his Chancellor, Bismarck. Bismarck, a conservative, was trying to incite a serious clash between his government and the socialist movement in order to be able to crush them. While the Emporer was not fundamentally opposed to legislation targeting the socialists, he did not want a violent clash or uprising to happen. Because of their differences, Bismarck eventually resigned, but he is now considered one of the most brilliant politicians in German history.

Choosing World War II as the context for choosing three key 'defeat-events' of Germany, the following may be reasonably offered for consideration: First, Germany's engagement in a two-front war (begun in 1941 with its attack upon the Soviet Union) led to its being surrounded and then overwhelmed in the 1940s by superior force. Second, German leadership was vain, over-confident, and criminally heedless of facts as it led the nation from one campaign to another during the war, as was seen in its choice to sustain its attack on Stalingrad in 1942. Third, Germany's choice (in 1942) to engage systematically in the Holocaust served as both a material and a moral drain on its war-effort.

Germany began rearmament in 1933, shortly after Adolf Hitler came to power. The rearmament process involved the expansion of the German military, including the development of new weapons and the construction of military infrastructure. This violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, which had placed restrictions on German military activities after World War I.

Sergeant Alvin York of the US Army is probably who you are asking about. Although he didn't do it single-handedly, he only had a handful of soldiers under his command, and they were able to capture over 130 German soldiers in a single battle in October 1918. He was awarded the highest citation a US soldier can earn, the Medal of Honor, for this action.

In 1871 Germany included the whole of present-day Germany plus: 1. Alsace-Lorraine (now in France) 2. A small part of Schleswig (now in Denmark) 3. A small part of the western Rhineland (now in Belgium) 4. East Prussia (partly now in Russia, partly now in Poland) 5. West Prussia (now in Poland) 6. Posen (now in Poland) 7. Silesia (now in Poland except for a very small area) 8. Pommerania (mostly now in Poland) 9. Glatz (now in the Czech Republic) In other words, between 1871 and 1945 Germany lost about 36% of its territory.

1. The population of Alsace and Lorraine is and regards itself as French; the population of Bohemia (more properly Czechia) is now and has been overwhelmingly Czech since the 6th century AD. However the Sudetenland was overwhelmingly German until the population was ethnically cleansed by the Czechs and German property was stolen from its native inhabitants. The present population of (most of) Silesia is Polish and/or Czech. Again the province of Silesia was German and overwhelmingly so from the 13th century until 1945. The Allies stole and brutally ethnically cleansed the German population from the province. This was and is an illegal act. Only the return of German property to it's rightful owners and placing the area under joint German-Polish administration will right this terrible wrong. The same goes for Pommerania and East Prussia. The Poles are only able to claim them due to the fact that they now occupy the land which was given them by Stalin. Of course it was not his to give in the first place. The buildings, infrastructure and architectural treasures found in these provinces are almost exclusively German.

2. Germany wants to live at peace with its neighbours and is heavily committed to the European Union. The country is strongly pacifist. 3. In the treaty of 12 September 1990, which provided the international legal basis for German reunification, Germany solemnly undertook not to seek and extension of it territory. A nationalist government will perhaps in the future abrogate this treasonous agreement. German territory is not negotiable.

No, most German leaders in the 1930s and 1940s did not actively defend the civil rights of all German citizens. The Nazi regime, led by Adolf Hitler, implemented policies that targeted and discriminated against certain groups, notably Jews, Roma, and individuals with disabilities. These policies included stripping them of their rights, executing them, or subjecting them to various forms of persecution and discrimination.

There was, once again, severe inflation in Germany. The Reichsmark was often not accepted and for many purposes cigarettes were used ... In June 1948 the Reichsmark (RM) was replaced by a new currency, the Deutsche Mark (DM), in the three Western Zones of occupation. RM were converted into DM at the rate of 10:1 on balances up to RM5,000 and 13.5:1 above that.

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) in Germany during 1918 was not conservative but rather a center-left party. While it did have some moderate conservative elements, especially in the early 20th century, the SPD remained committed to socialist principles and advocated for workers' rights and social reforms. However, it is important to note that the political landscape and ideologies can evolve over time.

One example of a civilization that had a peaceful revolution that ended well is the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989. This non-violent movement led to the overthrow of the communist regime and the establishment of a democratic government. The revolution was successful in achieving its goals without bloodshed, and Czechoslovakia transitioned smoothly into a democratic state.

The 1356 edit was known as the Golden Bull, and it established the autonomy of the German rulers. It recognized their authority to control and govern their own territories independently. The Golden Bull also laid out the rules for electing the Holy Roman Emperor, further enhancing the autonomy of the German rulers.

The answer is... Jews marrying non-jewish Germans.