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2 days ago · Germany, country of north-central Europe. Although Germany existed as a loose polity of Germanic-speaking peoples for millennia, a united German nation in roughly its present form dates only to 1871. Modern Germany is a liberal democracy that has become ever more integrated with and central to a united Europe.
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Germany, country of north-central Europe. Although Germany...
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Germany - Sports, Recreation, Culture: Unity and disunity...
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2 days ago · 1933-1939: The Prelude to the Holocaust. When Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, the Nazi Party began implementing a series of measures designed to isolate, persecute, and ultimately eliminate Jews from German society. The first concentration camp, Dachau, opened on March 22, 1933, initially housing political ...
5 days ago · German History in Documents and Images Collection of primary source materials documenting Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. From the DC-based German Historical Institute.
5 days ago · West Germany adopted its constitution in 1949 and amended it many times, with some controversial additions, such as the creation of the Bundeswehr. Germany's Basic Law was adopted on May 23, 1949 ...
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5 days ago · From 1815 until 1866 Hamburg was an independent and sovereign state of the German Confederation, then the North German Confederation (1866–71), the German Empire (1871–1918) and during the period of the Weimar Republic (1918–33). In Nazi Germany Hamburg was a city-state and a Gau from 1934 until 1945.
3 days ago · Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the Holy Roman Empire (800–1806; First Reich) and the German Empire (1871–1918; Second Reich). Learn more about the history and significance of the Third Reich in this article.
5 days ago · Berlin Wall, barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany, including steadily rising numbers of skilled workers, professionals, and ...
