I.
off German
History
I Themes
Th
G
Hi
II. Unification and Empire
III. Weimar and Nazi Era
IV. Establishment of
the Federal Republic
V. Re
Reunification
cat o
Š
Type of Government
Unification of Germany People in
German State
Role of Germany in Europe
Grappling with the Past in the Present
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First two settled; last two still open
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1815: 39 German states
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Bismarck and Wars of Unification
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Prussia
Monarchy)
P
i (Hohenzollern
(H h
ll
M
h )
Austria (Habsburg Monarchy)
Denmark (1864); Austria (1866); France
(1870)
German Empire
G
E i (S
(Secondd Reich
R i h -18711871
1918)
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Junkers and ‘Marriage
g of Iron and Rye’
y
‘Authoritarian Democracy’ and
Nationalism
ƒ World War I and Collapse
The Iron Chancellor
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A Republic
“A
R bli without
ith t
Republicans”
Th “St
The
Stabb in
i the
th B
Back
k” Myth
M th
Reparations and
H
Hyperinflation
i fl ti (1923)
Ideological Division
D
Depression
i andd th
the Rise
Ri
of the Nazis (NSDAP)
Germany 1923
Papering the wall with
worthless Reichsmarks
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Establishment of
Dictatorship
Centralization of
Authority
Oppression of Jews
Rejection of Versailles
Aggression and War
Š
Kristallnacht
(Nov ember 1938)
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Gates of Auschwitz
(Arbeit Macht Frei –
Work Makes You Free)
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Defeat
Destruction
Division into
E t andd W
East
Westt
Dresden 1945
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Occupation
O
ti andd disagreement
di
t over German
G
reconstruction
J l 1948: Military
July
Milit
ggovernors “recommended
d d”
Premiers draft a constitution
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Elites: fear permanent division (hence ‘Basic
Basic Law
Law’))
Average German focused on survival; rejected politics
German Democratic Republic
p
((DDR)) in East
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Berlin Wall 1961
Flag of
the DDR
Š
Collapse of the German Democratic Republic (East
Germany)
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Gorbachev: Perestroika and Glasnost
Outflow through the Satellite Countries
Protest and Collapse (November 1989)
Rapid Reunification
The Problems of a Unified Germany
East meets West
as the wall
comes down
FRANCE Test Grades
7.00
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
A (50-45)
B (44-40)
C (39-35)
AVG = 37 (74%)
D (34-30)
Median = 37 (74%)
F (< 29)