GERMANY POST WORLD WAR II

World War II (1939-1945)

Axis Germany, Japan, Italy Allied USA, UK, France, Russia Hitler - Nazi - Xenophobia D-Day , Normandy Holocaust Genocide 30th April 1945 End of Hitler

Challenges faced by Germany post WWII

Divided Germany American, British, French, Soviet Hyperinflation 85% Moral bankruptcy Food shortage, Transport problem, Devastated infrastructure. Denazification Responsibility and collective guilt.

Denazification

US General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Remove Nazis from positions of

influence and by disbanding the organizations associated with it. Influenced the parliamentary council charged with drawing up a constitution for those occupation zones that would become West Germany. German education regulated to abolish nazism. May 8, 1949 - Foundation of the Federal Republic of Germany.

1950-1970
West Germany Joins NATO 3rd largest economy Resurgence of Neo-Nazi party 6 day war Berlin Wall , 1961 Iron Curtain East Germany Socialism and communism influenced by Russia. Violated DDR ban entered West Germany

THE GERMAN GUERILLA

Red Army Faction ( Baader-Meinhof Group ) Revolutionary Cells ( R Z )

Communist and anti-imperialist "urban guerrilla" group engaged in armed resistance against what they deemed to be a fascist state Newly-found youth identity and issues such as racism, Women's liberation and anti-imperialism were at the forefront of left-wing politics. German Autumn Bank robberies to raise funds , killing of german police officers bombing of US military Operations , sabotage , expropriation The dissolution of the Soviet Union was a serious blow to left-wing groups

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

Divided Berlin East Germany

Communist society Soviets pilfered valuable assets The economy dragged . Individual freedoms were severely restricted .

West Germany
Capitalist Rapid Growth Economic Miracle High Standard of living , Technologically

Advanced .

GERMANY : A FOOTBALL GIANT

Germany wins world cup in 1974 and 1990 Germany is the only national to win Men & womens world cup. Wins Euro Championships in 1972 , 1980 , 1996

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

Mass Emigration - the flight of the intelligentsia Westwards . East Germany constructs Berlin Wall . Fourth version of the Berlin Wall, constructed from 1975 to 1980 was most thorough Concrete slabs . Soviet Regime falls , Strong sentiments of unity across Germany . The Berlin Wall falls on 9 November 1989

CHARLIE MEMORIAL

Memorial of the East Germans who died while crossing the Berlin Wall

Tear Down This Wall : Ronald Reagan

The Night of November , 1989 : The Berlin Wall Falls

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL

Remaining stretch of the Wall near Ostbahnhof in Friedrichshain

REUNITED GERMANY
In 1990 in which the German Democrativ Republic (GDR/East Germany) joined the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG/West Germany) Berlin reunited into a single city Berlin experienced a boom in the construction industry Mentality gaps between East and West persist, but so does sympathy

1991 - present
Europes largest economy,

4th largest in the world Largest exporters vehicles, precision engineering products, chemicals. High public investment in education , training skills , social security & safety net . Until 2009 More exports that any other country in the world

EURO CRISIS TO BE PRESENTED NEXT .