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The Franco-German friendship became the basis for the political integration of Western Europe in the European Union. In 1998–1999, Germany was one of the founding countries of the eurozone. Germany remains one of the economic powerhouses of Europe, contributing about 1/4 of the eurozone's annual gross domestic product.
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ('the German lands') is derived from deutsch (cf. Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc 'of the people' (from diot or diota 'people'), originally used to distinguish the language of the ...
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Geschichte Deutschlands. Die Geschichte Deutschlands oder Deutsche Geschichte beginnt nach herkömmlicher Auffassung mit der Entstehung des römisch-deutschen Königtums im 10./11. Jahrhundert, wenngleich sich damit noch lange kein „Staat der Deutschen “ entwickelte. Die deutsche Sprache ist seit dem 8.
1945 End of the Second World War. The surrender of the German Wehrmacht on 7/9 May 1945 marked the end of the Second World War in Europe, and with it a period of inconceivable suffering. The Allies divided Germany into four occupation zones and Berlin into four sectors.
- German National Archive Online
- National Foundation For The Reconciliation of The Sed Dictatorship
- History of The Berlin Wall
- Clio-online
- German Historical Museum
- House of The History of The Federal Republic of Germany
- Holocaust Memorial Berlin
- Political Education
- Foundation Memorial to The Murdered Jews of Europe
- “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future” Foundation
Are you looking for the political party programs ofthe German Reich? Or official documents issued in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR)? Then the German National Archive is the place to go; it documents German history since 1815. The archive houses state records and documents from political parties, associations and organizations as well a...
The SED – the Socialist Unity Party of Germany – governed the German Democratic Republic from 1946 to 1989. Among other things, the National Foundation for the Reconciliation of the SED Dictatorship has been dealing with the repercussions of the SED’s politics on Germany as a whole, since the country’s reunification in 1989. The Foundation has its ...
On August 13, 1961, streets in Berlin were torn up, barricades set up and barbed-wire fences erected. By the next day, 800 inhabitants of East Berlin had fled to West Berlin. www.chronik-der-mauer.de
Get right into history: Clio-online is a specialized portal that bundles all kinds of Internet resources for historians and anyone interested in history. Go to this platform to study publications, browse through databases and library catalogs or get in touch with other historians. The project partners include libraries, universities and research fa...
What is “German”? The collections and changing exhibitions at the German Historical Museum in Berlin (DHM - Deutsches Historisches Museum) document the culture and history of Germany from its beginnings to the present. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the DHM, which was first formed in 1987, took over the building and the contents of the “Museum ...
Experience German history: in the House of the History of the Federal Republic of Germany (Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland), historical developments and democratic traditions are made easier to understand through regularly updated objects. One main theme in the permanent exhibition in Bonn is separation and reunification in East ...
Six million people. The number of murdered Jews of Europe stands for the ultimate crime committed during World War II and the darkest chapter in German history. A memorial has found its place in the heart of Berlin to remind present and coming generations of the horrors of the Holocaust. The Holocaust Memorial website gives you a first impression o...
From recent German history right on up to global social debates: the Political Education portal provides information from the central federal office and the state offices for political education at one internet address. The portal is operated by the German National Project Group for Political Education Online (BAG). Whether you are teaching, learni...
Upholding the memory of all victims of National Socialism: the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe looks after the memorial in the centre of Berlin – and, since 2009, the Memorial to the Homosexuals Persecuted under the National Socialist Regime and the Memorial to the Sinti and Roma of Europe Murdered under the National Socialist Re...
The “Remembrance, Responsibility and Future“ foundation, initiated by the federal government and the German business community, supports and promotes greater understanding between peoples. It works towards righting the wrongs committed by the National Socialists and provides information to young citizens on the many projects about the past. By 2007...
Germany (German: Deutschland, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlant] ), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a country in the western region of Central Europe. The country's full name is sometimes shortened to the FRG (or the BRD, in German).
The German Wikipedia (German: Deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia . Founded on March 16, 2001, it is the second-oldest Wikipedia (after the English Wikipedia ).
