Encyclopedia - Allied Control Council: Encyclopedia - Allied Control Council
Image:Smalbldg.jpg The Allied Control Council or Allied Control Authority, known in German as the Alliierter Kontrollrat, was a military ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Control Council: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Control Council - Creation
After the death of Adolf Hitler, Karl Dönitz became president of Germany in accordance with Hitler's last political testament. He author...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia - 1945
1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). 1945 - Events. January 5 - The Soviet Union recog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Advisory Commission: Encyclopedia Ii - European Advisory Commission - 1944
The EAC had its seat in London at Lancaster House and started its work on January 14, 1944. William Strang was the British delegate, whil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Events
1945 - January. January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler ▶ (help·info) (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia - East Germany
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), informally known in English as East Germany, was a Com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - European Advisory Commission: Encyclopedia Ii - European Advisory Commission - 1945
The work of the EAC was discussed at the Yalta Conference in 1945 where a major modification was approved as France received a seat on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia - June 5
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. June 5 - Events. 70 - Ti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Creation 1945-1949
History of the German Democratic Republic - Division of Germany. At the Yalta Conference, held in February 1945 before the capitulatio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Events
1945 - January. January 5 - The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 - British General Bernard M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of Germany - Reichspräsident
The Weimar constitution created a semi-presidential system in which power was divided between the president, a cabinet and a parliament. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Party History
National Socialist German Workers Party - Origins. In the beginning of 1918, a party called the Freier Ausschuss für einen deutschen A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany - American Zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors. May 8, 1945 - Nov 10,1945: Dwight David Eisenhower Nov 11,1945 - Nov 25,1945 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Emergency Acts: Encyclopedia Ii - German Emergency Acts - Development
The inclusion of emergency laws in the German Basic Law was one condition imposed by the Allies before they would transfer full sovereign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia Ii - June 5 - Births
June 5 - 1341 to 1899. 1341 - Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York, son of Edward III of England (d. 1402) 1493 - Justus Jonas, German ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Economy
Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Origin Of The Trials
By 1944, victory for the Allies had become inevitable. Advocate groups (who had received detailed information regarding Nazi plans of mas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of The Federal Republic Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of The Federal Republic Of Germany - Berlin
Shortly after World War II, Berlin became the seat of the Allied Control Council, which was to have governed Germany as a whole until the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
In the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany Since 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany Since 1945 - The Division Of Germany
At the Potsdam Conference in August 1945, after Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - The Cold War
After World War II, the Soviet Union became a world superpower with its leader Joseph Stalin. This resulted in a great rivalry between th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Origin Of The Trials
By 1944, victory for the Allies had become inevitable. Advocate groups (who had received detailed information regarding Nazi plans of mas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denazification: Encyclopedia Ii - Denazification - Application In The Allied Occupation Zones
Denazification - American zone. The United States initially pursued denazification in a committed though bureaucratic fashion. The inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Military Occupations: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Military Occupations - Introduction
In most wars some territory is placed under the martial law of a hostile army, most belligerent military occupations end with the cessati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Early Years
Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, at Braunau am Inn, Austria, a small town 90 km (55 miles) west of Linz in the province of Upper ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - German Reunification - The End Of The Division “wende”
By the mid-1980s, the prospect of German reunification was widely regarded within both East and West Germany as a distant hope, unattaina...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Pre-war Politics 1933-1939
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Economy
Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Origin Of The Trials
Recently released papers from the British War Cabinet have shown that, as early as December 1942, they had discussed their policy for the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Legacy
"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Hitler's Family
Paula Hitler, the last living member of Adolf Hitler's immediate family, passed away in 1960. The most prominent, and longest-living dire...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Denazification: Encyclopedia Ii - Denazification - Overview
Denazification was accomplished through a series of directives issued by the Allied Control Council, seated in Berlin, beginning in Janua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Births
1945 - January. January 3 - Victoria Principal, American actress January 3 - Stephen Stills, American singer and songwriter (Crosby, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany - British Zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors. May 22,1945 - Apr 30,1946 Sir Bernard Law Montgomery May 1, 1946 - Oct 31,194...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany - French Zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander. May 1945 - Jul 1945 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Allied Occupation Zones in G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Occupation Zones In Germany - Soviet Zone
Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander. Apr 1945 - Jun 9,1945 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Allied Occupation Zones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Party Composition
National Socialist German Workers Party - General membership. The general membership of the Nazi Party, known as the Partei Mitglieder,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - German Reunification - Effects Of Reunification
The cost of reunification has been a heavy burden to the German economy and has contributed to Germany’s slowed economic growth in rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Creation Of The Court
At the meetings in Tehran (1943), Yalta (1945) and Potsdam (1945), the three major wartime powers USA, USSR and Great Britain agreed on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - Communism Today
After the fall of the Communist states in the Eastern Bloc, the communist movement arguably became more fragmented than ever, and certain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - The Collapse Of The Soviet Union
When Mikhail Gorbachev, the youngest member of the Soviet Politburo, was elected General-Secretary in March 1985, it signalled a generati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - The Main Trial
The International Military Tribunal was opened on October 18, 1945, in the Supreme Court Building in Berlin. The first session was presid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Influence On The Development Of International Criminal Law
The Nuremberg trials had a great influence on the development of international criminal law. The International Law Commission, acting on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - German Reunification - Effects Of Reunification
The cost of reunification has been a heavy burden to the German economy and has contributed to Germany’s slowed economic growth in rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Endnotes
1 Conquest, Robert The Great Terror A Reassessment London: Oxford University Press page 92. 2 Bauer, Eddy The Marshall Cavendish Illustra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - The Stalin Era
At the Fifteenth Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1927, Stalin attacked the left by expelling Trotsky and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - The October Revolution
The 1917 October Revolution, led by Vladimir Lenin was the first large scale attempt to put Marxist ideas about a workers' state into pra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Culture
East Germany - Music. Rock bands were expected to sing in German only. This seemed a logical constraint by Party leaders but it was som...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Subdivisions
Main article: Subdivisions of East Germany In 1952, the Länder of East Germany were abolished, and East Germany was divided into fifteen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Politics
Main article: Politics of East Germany East Germany - In General. The equivalent of the Communist Party in East Germany was the Soziali...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Foreign Relations Of The Federal Republic Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Foreign Relations Of The Federal Republic Of Germany - Germany's Initiative For A Permanent Seat In The Security Council Of The United Nations
Under the red-green government, the German Federal Government began an initiative to get a permanent seat in the Security Council of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Emergency Acts: Encyclopedia Ii - German Emergency Acts - Contents Of The Law
German Emergency Acts - Right to resist. To appease critics, a fourth paragraph was introduced in Article 20 of the Grundgesetz, giving...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - Karl Marx And The Communist Manifesto
Although Marx addressed a wide range of issues, he is most famous for his analysis of history in terms of class struggle, summed up in th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Communism: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Communism - Early Communism
The notion of communism - the idea of a classless, stateless society based on communal ownership of property and wealth, stretches far ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - History
Main articles: History of the German Democratic Republic, History of Germany The territories of East Germany were settled by Germanic peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Influence On The Development Of International Criminal Law
The Nuremberg trials had a great influence on the development of international criminal law. The International Law Commission, acting on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany Since 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany Since 1945 - West Germany
The Western Allies turned over increasing authority to German officials and moved to establish a nucleus for a future German government b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - German Reunification - Effects Of Reunification
The cost of reunification has been a heavy burden to the German economy and has contributed to Germany’s slowed economic growth in rece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - German Reunification: Encyclopedia Ii - German Reunification - Background
After the end of World War II in Europe, Germany had been divided into four occupation zones. The old capital of Berlin, as the seat of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany Since 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany Since 1945 - East Germany
Main article: History of East Germany In the Soviet occupation zone, the Social Democratic Party was forced to merge with the Communist P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany Since 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany Since 1945 - East-west Relations
Under Chancellor Adenauer West Germany declared its right to speak for the entire German nation. The Hallstein Doctrine restricted diplom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Economic Policy 1956–75
History of the German Democratic Republic - Collectivization and nationalization of agriculture and industry 1956–63. In 1956, at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Early Years 1949–54
History of the German Democratic Republic - SED as leading party. The SED controlled the National Front coalition, a federation of all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Germany Since 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Germany Since 1945 - The Unification Of East And West Germany
Main article: German reunification History of Germany since 1945 - Background. International plans for the unification of Germany were ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Culture
Main article: Culture of the German Democratic Republic East Germany - GDR mainstream. Rock bands were expected to sing in German only....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Subdivisions
Main article: Subdivisions of East Germany In 1952, the Länder of East Germany were abolished, and East Germany was divided into fifteen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich
Having secured supreme political power without an electoral mandate from the majority of Germans, Hitler went on to gain their support by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Road To Power
Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration. The political turning point for Hitler came when the Great Depression hit Germany in 1930. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Early Years Of The Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise. After the war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing socialist u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - World War Ii
Adolf Hitler - Opening moves. On March 12, 1938, Hitler pressured his native Austria into unification with Germany (the Anschluss) and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Births
1945 - January. January 3 - Victoria Principal, American actress January 3 - Stephen Stills, American singer and songwriter (Crosby, S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - Politics
Main article: Politics of East Germany The equivalent of the Communist Party in East Germany was the Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutsc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - East Germany - History
Main articles: History of the German Democratic Republic, History of Germany The territories of East Germany were settled by Germanic peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1945: Encyclopedia Ii - 1945 - Deaths
1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Legacy
"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, du...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Foreign Policy 1967–75
History of the German Democratic Republic - Ulbricht Versus Détente. Ulbricht's foreign policy from 1967 to 1971 responded to the begi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - President Of Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - President Of Germany - Bundespräsident
President of Germany - Selection. Main article: German Federal Convention The Federal President is elected by secret ballot, without d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - The Main Trial
The International Military Tribunal was opened on October 18, 1945, in the Supreme Court Building in Berlin. The first session was presid...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuremberg Trials: Encyclopedia Ii - Nuremberg Trials - Creation Of The Court
At the meetings in Tehran (1943), Yalta (1945) and Potsdam (1945), the three major wartime powers USA, USSR and Great Britain agreed on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - Hitler's Family
All the members of Hitler's immidate family (parents, siblings, and first cousins) are dead. The most prominant, and longest-living direc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Early Years Of The Nazi Party
Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise. After the war, Hitler remained in the army, which was mainly engaged in suppressing socialist u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - World War Ii
Adolf Hitler - Opening moves. On March 12, 1938, Hitler pressured his native Austria into unification with Germany (the Anschluss) and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich
Having secured supreme political power without an electoral mandate from the majority of Germans, Hitler went on to gain their support by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adolf Hitler: Encyclopedia Ii - Adolf Hitler - The Road To Power
Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration. The political turning point for Hitler came when the Great Depression hit Germany in 1930. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Domestic Policy 1970s
History of the German Democratic Republic - GDR identity. Both Germanies continued a search for national identity. From the beginning, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Prominent Persons In Nazi Germany
For a listing of Hitler's cabinet see : Hitler's Cabinet, January 1933 - April 1945 Nazi Germany - Nazi Party and Nazi government l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - June 5: Encyclopedia Ii - June 5 - Deaths
June 5 - 535 to 1899. 535 - Epiphanius of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople 1017 - Sanjo, Emperor of Japan (b. 976) 1118 - R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - Decline And Fall Of The Gdr 1975–89
History of the German Democratic Republic - Coffee crisis 1976–79. Due to the strong German tradition of drinking coffee, coffee impo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The German Democratic Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The German Democratic Republic - 10th Party Congress 1981
The 10th Party Congress, which took place in April 1981, focused on improving the economy, stabilizing the socialist system, achieving su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Organization Of The Third Reich
The leaders of Nazi Germany created a large number of different organizations for the purpose of helping them stay in power. They rearmed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Nazi Party Structure
National Socialist German Workers Party - 1921 – 1923. When the Nazi party was first established in February 1920, it consisted of a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - National Socialist German Workers Party: Encyclopedia Ii - National Socialist German Workers Party - Party Composition
National Socialist German Workers Party - General membership. The general membership of the Nazi Party, known as the Partei Mitglieder,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - Aftermath
The winning allies split Germany into occupation zones. At the Potsdam Conference German borders within the Soviet occupation zone were m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nazi Germany: Encyclopedia Ii - Nazi Germany - World War Ii
In 1939 Germany's actions led to the outbreak of World War II in Europe. Poland, France, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands wer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Control Council: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Control Council - The Building
During its short active life, the Allied Control Council was housed in and operated from the former building of the Kammergericht, the su...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Allied Control Council: Encyclopedia Ii - Allied Control Council - Operation
On 30 August 1945 the Control Council constituted itself and issued its first proclamation, which informed the German people of the Counc...   » Read the article