At the Potsdam Conference in August 1945, after Germany's unconditional surrender on May 8, 1945, the Allies divided Germany into four military occupation zones – French in the southwest, British in the northwest, United States in the south, and Soviet in the east. The territories east of the Oder-Neisse line (East Prussia, Eastern Pomerania and Silesia) were removed from Germany and put under Polish administration, effectively shifting Poland westward. A transfer of Germans from Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary was agreed on, but the co ...

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History of Germany since 1945, History of Germany since 1945 - The division of Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - Two Germanies, History of Germany since 1945 - West Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - East Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - East-West Relations, History of Germany since 1945 - The unification of East and West Germany, History of Germany since 1945 - Background, History of Germany since 1945 - Settlement, History of Germany since 1945 - Germany today

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After World War II, the Soviet Union became a world superpower with its leader Joseph Stalin. This resulted in a great rivalry between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., the Cold War. The U.S. and the U.S.S.R., communism and capitalism fought for influence and power over the world and in this struggle, numerous revolutions happened around the world, in countries as diverse as Cuba, China, Korea, Vietnam and Laos. History of communis ...

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History of communism, History of communism - Early Communism, History of communism - Karl Marx and The Communist Manifesto, History of communism - The October Revolution, History of communism - The Stalin Era, History of communism - The Cold War, History of communism - Eastern Europe, History of communism - China, History of communism - North Korea, History of communism - Cuba, History of communism - Vietnam, History of communism - Laos, History of communism - Ethiopia, History of communism - South Yemen, History of communism - Angola, History of communism - The collapse of the Soviet Union, History of communism - Communism Today

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By 1944, victory for the Allies had become inevitable. Advocate groups (who had received detailed information regarding Nazi plans of mass extermination, or the "Final Solution") and governments in exile became concerned that the Nazis would unleash a final wave of atrocities. To help prevent the escalation of violence, the United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) was established, an organization which began to compile a list of probable war criminals. However, the Allies did not consolidate these threats (of the possible prosecution of war crimes) against the ...

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Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Trials - Origin of the trials, Nuremberg Trials - Creation of the court, Nuremberg Trials - Location, Nuremberg Trials - Participants, Nuremberg Trials - The validity of the court, Nuremberg Trials - The main trial, Nuremberg Trials - Influence on the development of international criminal law, Nuremberg Trials - Endnotes, Nuremberg Trials - Notes

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Denazification - American zone. The United States initially pursued denazification in a committed though bureaucratic fashion. The intention was the "re-education" of the German people. A report of the Institute on re-education of the Axis Countries in June 1945 recommended: "Only an inflexible longterm occupation authority will be able to lead the Germans to a fundamental revision of their recent political philosophy". On 15 January 1946, however, a report of the Military Government (classified as restricted) st ...

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Denazification, Denazification - Overview, Denazification - Application in the Allied Occupation Zones, Denazification - American zone, Denazification - Soviet zone, Denazification - French and British zones, Denazification - Implications for the future German states, Denazification - The radical left in Germany during the 1960–70s and Nazi allegations

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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 Austria, on the bank of the River Inn, which formed the border between Germany and what was then Austria-Hungary. He was the fourth of six children of Alois Hitler (1837–1903), a customs official, and Klara Pölzl, Alois' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister Paula reached adulthood. Alois Hitler also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second w ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The rebuilding of the party, Adolf Hitler - The road to power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's associates, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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In most wars some territory is placed under the martial law of a hostile army, most belligerent military occupations end with the cessation of hostilities. In some cases the occupied territory is returned and in others the land remains under the control of the occupying power but usually not as militarily occupied territory. For the purposes of this list only military occupations since the customary laws of belligerent military occupation were first clarified and supplemented by the Hague Convention of 1907 Laws and Customs ...

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List of military occupations, List of military occupations - Introduction, List of military occupations - Examples of UN mandated military occupations, List of military occupations - Examples of other foreign non-belligerent military occupations, List of military occupations - Examples of belligerent military occupations, List of military occupations - Footnotes

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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 Austria, on the bank of the River Inn, which formed the border between Germany and what was then Austria-Hungary. He was the fourth of six children of Alois Hitler (1837–1903), a customs official, and Klara Pölzl, Alois' niece and third wife. Of these six children, only Adolf and his younger sister Paula reached adulthood. Alois Hitler also had a son (Alois Junior) and a daughter (Angela) by his second w ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The Rebuilding of the Party, Adolf Hitler - The Road to Power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - People associated with Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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By the mid-1980s, the prospect of German reunification was widely regarded within both East and West Germany as a distant hope, unattainable as long as Communist governments ruled Eastern Europe. However, the hope of reunification was suddenly placed within reach by political changes within the Soviet Union. The advent of reformist Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985 caused waves of reform to propagate t ...

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German reunification, German reunification - Background, German reunification - The end of the division “Wende”, German reunification - Effects of reunification

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On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher to form a viable government failed. Hindenberg was put under pressure by Hitler through his son Oskar, as well as intrigue from former Chancellor Franz von Papen following his collection of participating financial interests. Even though the Nazi Party had gained the largest share of the popular vote in the two Reichstag general elections of 1932, they had slim majority in parliament within the Papen-propos ...

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Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Chronology of events, Nazi Germany - Pre-War Politics 1933-1939, Nazi Germany - Consolidation of power, Nazi Germany - Social policy, Nazi Germany - Economic policy, Nazi Germany - World War II, Nazi Germany - Aftermath, Nazi Germany - Organization of the Third Reich, Nazi Germany - Head of State and Chief Executive, Nazi Germany - Cabinet and national authorities, Nazi Germany - Reich Offices, Nazi Germany - Reich Ministries, Nazi Germany - Occupation authorities, Nazi Germany - Legislative Branch, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Paramilitary organisations, Nazi Germany - National police, Nazi Germany - Political organizations, Nazi Germany - Service organizations, Nazi Germany - Religious organisations, Nazi Germany - Academic organizations, Nazi Germany - Prominent persons in Nazi Germany, Nazi Germany - Nazi Party and Nazi government leaders and officials, Nazi Germany - SS personnel, Nazi Germany - Military, Nazi Germany - Other, Nazi Germany - Noted victims, Nazi Germany - Noted refugees, Nazi Germany - Noted survivors

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Main article: Economy of the German Democratic Republic Like other East European communist states, East Germany had a centrally planned economy (CPE), similar to the one in the former Soviet Union, in contrast to the more familiar market economies or mixed economies of most Western states. The state established production targets and prices and allocated resources, codifying these decisions in a comprehensive plan or set of plans. The means of production were almost entirely state owned. In 1985, for example, state-owned enterp ...

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East Germany, East Germany - History, East Germany - Politics, East Germany - Persons of note in East Germany, East Germany - Subdivisions, East Germany - Economy, East Germany - Culture, East Germany - GDR mainstream, East Germany - Bach, East Germany - Miscellaneous topics

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Recently released papers from the British War Cabinet have shown that, as early as December 1942, they had discussed their policy for the punishment of the leading Nazis if captured. Winston Churchill had then advocated a policy of summary execution, (possibly by electrocution), and was only dissuaded from this by US pressure later in the War. By 1944, victory for the Allies had become inevitable. Advocate groups (who had received detailed information regarding Nazi plans of mass extermination, or the "Final Solution") and governments ...

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Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Trials - Origin of the trials, Nuremberg Trials - Creation of the court, Nuremberg Trials - Location, Nuremberg Trials - Participants, Nuremberg Trials - The validity of the court, Nuremberg Trials - The main trial, Nuremberg Trials - Influence on the development of international criminal law, Nuremberg Trials - Endnotes, Nuremberg Trials - Notes

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"I would have preferred it if he'd followed his original ambition and become an architect." — Paula Hitler, Hitler's younger sister, during an interview with a U.S. intelligence operative in late 1945. At the time of Hitler's death most of Germany's infrastructure and major cities were in ruins and he had left explicit orders to complete the destruction. Millions of Germans were dead with millions more wounded or homeless. In his will he dismissed other Nazi leaders and appointed Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz as Reichspräsid ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The rebuilding of the party, Adolf Hitler - The road to power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's associates, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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Paula Hitler, the last living member of Adolf Hitler's immediate family, passed away in 1960. The most prominent, and longest-living direct descendants of Adolf Hitler's father Alois was his nephew William Patrick Hitler. With his Irish wife Bridget Dowling, he eventually moved to Long Island, New York and had four sons. It is said that none of them has children, which would put an end to the Hitler bloodline. Over the years various investigative reporters have attempted to track down other distant relatives of the Führer; man ...

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Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Early years, Adolf Hitler - Early adulthood in Vienna and Munich, Adolf Hitler - World War I, Adolf Hitler - The early years of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's entry and rise, Adolf Hitler - The Hitler Putsch, Adolf Hitler - The Rebuilding of the Party, Adolf Hitler - The Road to Power, Adolf Hitler - The Brüning administration, Adolf Hitler - The cabinets von Papen and Schleicher, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Adolf Hitler - Reichstag Fire and the March election, Adolf Hitler - The Enabling Act, Adolf Hitler - Removal of remaining limits, Adolf Hitler - The Third Reich, Adolf Hitler - Economics and culture, Adolf Hitler - Repression, Adolf Hitler - Rearmament and new alliances, Adolf Hitler - The Holocaust, Adolf Hitler - World War II, Adolf Hitler - Opening moves, Adolf Hitler - Path to defeat, Adolf Hitler - Defeat and death, Adolf Hitler - Legacy, Adolf Hitler - Medical health, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's family, Adolf Hitler - The origin of the name Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Trivia, Adolf Hitler - People associated with Hitler, Adolf Hitler - Documentaries, Adolf Hitler - Dramatizations, Adolf Hitler - Media, Adolf Hitler - Hitler's speeches

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Denazification was accomplished through a series of directives issued by the Allied Control Council, seated in Berlin, beginning in January 1946. "Denazification directives" identified specific people and groups and outlined judicial procedures and guidelines for handling them. Though all the occupying forces had agreed on the initiative, the methods used for denazification and the intensity with which they were applied differed between the occupation zones. Denazification also refers to the removal of the physical symbols of the Nazi regime. For example, in 1957 the German government re-issued World War II Iron Cross ...

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Denazification, Denazification - Overview, Denazification - Application in the Allied Occupation Zones, Denazification - American zone, Denazification - Soviet zone, Denazification - French and British zones, Denazification - Implications for the future German states, Denazification - The radical left in Germany during the 1960–70s and Nazi allegations

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1945 - January. January 3 - Victoria Principal, American actress January 3 - Stephen Stills, American singer and songwriter (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) January 4 - Richard R. Schrock, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate January 10 - Rod Stewart, English singer January 15 - Princess Michael of Kent January 26 - Jacqueline du Pré, English cellist (d. 1987) January 27 - Harold Cardinal, Cree political leader, writer, and lawyer (d. 2005) J ...

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors. May 22,1945 - Apr 30,1946 Sir Bernard Law Montgomery May 1, 1946 - Oct 31,1947 William Sholto Douglas Nov 1, 1947 - Sep 21,1949 Sir Brian Hubert Robertson Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners. Sep 21,1949 - Jun 24,1950 Sir Brian Hubert Robertson Jun 24,1950 - Sep 29,1953 Sir Ivone KirkpatrickSee also:

Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - American Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - British Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - French Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governor, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioner, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Soviet Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander. May 1945 - Jul 1945 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governor. Jul 1945 - Sep 21,1949 Marie-Pierre Koenig Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioner. Sep 21,1949 - May 5, 1955 André François-Poncet ...

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - American Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - British Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - French Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governor, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioner, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Soviet Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander. Apr 1945 - Jun 9,1945 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors. Jun 9, 1945 - Apr 10,1946 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Apr 10,1946 - Mar 29,1949 Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky Mar 29,1949 - Oct 10,1949 Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission. < ...

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Allied Occupation Zones in Germany, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - American Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - British Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - French Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governor, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioner, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Soviet Zone, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military commander, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Military governors, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission, Allied Occupation Zones in Germany - High commissioners

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National Socialist German Workers Party - General membership. The general membership of the Nazi Party, known as the Partei Mitglieder, mainly consisted of the urban and rural lower middle classes. Seven percent belonged to the upper class, seven percent were peasants, thirty five percent were industrial workers and fifty one percent were what can be described as middle class. The largest single occupational group was elementary school teachers. You were forced to j ...

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National Socialist German Workers Party, National Socialist German Workers Party - Party history, National Socialist German Workers Party - Origins, National Socialist German Workers Party - Struggle for power, National Socialist German Workers Party - Reborn Nazi Party, National Socialist German Workers Party - Seizure of Power, National Socialist German Workers Party - Consolidation of power, National Socialist German Workers Party - Post World War II Nazi Party, National Socialist German Workers Party - Nazi Party Structure, National Socialist German Workers Party - 1921 – 1923, National Socialist German Workers Party - 1925 – 1933, National Socialist German Workers Party - 1933 – 1938, National Socialist German Workers Party - 1938 – 1939, National Socialist German Workers Party - 1939 – 1945, National Socialist German Workers Party - Party composition, National Socialist German Workers Party - General membership, National Socialist German Workers Party - Military membership, National Socialist German Workers Party - Paramilitary groups, National Socialist German Workers Party - Party symbols, National Socialist German Workers Party - Sayings mottos and slogans, National Socialist German Workers Party - Election statistics

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1945 - January. January 3 - Edgar Cayce, American psychic (b. 1877) January 22 - Else Lasker-Schuler, German poet (b. 1869) January 31 - Eddie Slovik, American soldier (b. 1920) 1945 - February. February 5 - Denise Bloch, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1915) February 5 - Lilian Rolfe, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1914) February 5 - Violette Szabo, French World War II heroine (executed) (b. 1921)See also:

1945, 1945 - Events, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June, 1945 - July, 1945 - August, 1945 - September, 1945 - October, 1945 - November, 1945 - December, 1945 - Unknown date, 1945 - Ongoing events, 1945 - Science and technology, 1945 - Births, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June, 1945 - July, 1945 - August, 1945 - September-October, 1945 - November-December, 1945 - Unknown dates, 1945 - Deaths, 1945 - January, 1945 - February, 1945 - March, 1945 - April, 1945 - May, 1945 - June-August, 1945 - September, 1945 - October, 1945 - November, 1945 - December, 1945 - Nobel Prizes

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The cost of reunification has been a heavy burden to the German economy and has contributed to Germany’s slowed economic growth in recent years. The costs of reunification are estimated to amount to over €1.5 trillion (statement of Freie Universität Berlin) . This is more than the national debt of the German state [1]. The primary cause of this was the severe weakness of the East German economy, especially vis-à-vis the West German economy, combined with (politically motivated) conversion rates from the East German mark to the Deutsche ...

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German reunification, German reunification - Background, German reunification - The end of the division “Wende”, German reunification - Effects of reunification

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