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On September 15, 1949, the Bundestag elected him as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic. That same day, Bundestag president Erich Köhler swore him in on the constitution
Who is Konrad Adenauer?
100
Since 1945, the the French and Soviet sectors of Berlin had met at Bernauer Straße. With its building in August 1961, the street was divided in half: one side belonged to West Berlin, the other to East Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall?
100
After the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973, the Arab OPEC states imposed a delivery boycott on the U.S. and the Netherlands, both of whom had supported Israeli policy. Using the threat of a general reduction in oil production as leverage, these states demanded that Israel withdraw from the territories it had occupied in 1967.
What is the oil crisis of 1973?
200
Winston Churchill represented Great Britain at the start of the Potsdam conference, but after the Labor Party won the elections of July 27, 1945, he was replaced by a new prime minister who signed the agreement on behalf of Great Britain on August 2, 1945.
Who is Clement Attlee?
200
At the same time, the three Western powers undertook partial revisions to the Germany Treaty of 1952: in the new version, the FRG was granted full sovereignty over its domestic and foreign affairs.
What is Germany's entry into Nato?
200
The previous day, the three military governors of the Western Allies in Berlin had already declared their work done; the occupation statute was thus lifted and the city of Berlin was also reunited.
What is the Day of German Unity?
300
He promised only certain changes of course, not the complete revamping of the political system demanded by the GDR population and the opposition. As a result of the events of November 1989, he and the entire Politburo resigned on December 3, 1989
Who is Egon Krenz?
300
It was approved by the three Western military governors on May 12, 1949. After ratification by the German states, it was signed at the last meeting of the Parliamentary Council on May 23, 1949, and promulgated that very same day. The presence of representatives of the Allied military government made it clear, however, that four years after the end of the war, the newly founded "Federal Republic of Germany" was still not a completely sovereign state.
What is the signing of the Basic Law?
300
The first step came on the morning of November 13, 1991: in a richly symbolic move, the statue’s head was removed and carried away. After the remainder was torn down, the statue was broken up into 129 pieces and buried under a mound of sand in Seddiner Heide [Seddin Heath] in Berlin-Köpenick.
What is the demolition of the Lenin Memorial?
400
After his death, the student movement and the extra-parliamentary opposition expanded and became radicalized. Students at the time, as Friederike Haumann observed in retrospect, feared that they were “staring an incipient fascism in the face.”
Who is Benno Ohnesorg?
400
For many, the day represented the "true birth" or "actual founding date" of the FRG. Either way, the victory gave rise to a sense of new beginnings in Germany – contemporaries described the feeling as a sense of "being somebody again," a sense that Germany was once again part of the international community.
What is the Miracle of Bern?
400
After Hungary had begun dismantling its border installations on the Austrian side on May 2, 1989, the “Paneuropean Union,” a European unity movement founded in 1922, organized a “Paneuropean Picnic” at the Austro-Hungarian border near Sopron on August 19, 1989.
What is the opening of the Iron Curtain?
500
This West German chancellor surprises the public by presenting the Bundestag with a multi-step plan for unification with a democratizing GDR. The first step was closer cooperation between the two German states; this would be followed by the formation of a confederation and finally by the establishment of a federation that was compatible with East-West détente and European integration.
Who is Helmut Kohl?
500
Simultaneous to its introduction, Ludwig Erhard, director of economics in the Bizone, announced measures lifting price and production controls on many items. Products appeared on shelves, and the black market disappeared virtually overnight.
What is the currency reform?
500
Critics from unions, churches, and universities who opposed the measures saw the changes to the constitution as a threat to democracy.
What is the Bonn demonstration against emergency laws?