dividing germany, 1945-1949 january 20, 2012. the allied control council hq, berlin
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Dividing Germany, 1945-1949January 20, 2012
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The Allied Control Council HQ, Berlin
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The Allied Kommandatura, Berlin
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The Nuremberg Trials (here: Albert Speer)
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Street signs in Russian
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Soviet victory monument, November 1945
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Soviet dismantling in their sector
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Walter Ulbricht
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Communist poster in SW Germany
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April 1946: the handshake unitingSPD and KPD
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Denazification in the American zone:Germans sit in judgment
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Konrad Adenauer as head of theParliamentary Council (1948-49)
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Kurt Schumacher
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Rubble women
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Ration cards in use
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The black market: cigarettes as currency
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CARE packagesfrom America
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The currency reform (June 20, 1948)
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The shop-window miracle
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The Soviet blockade of Berlin
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General Lucius Clay
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Allied planes at Tempelhof Airport
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Raisin bombers
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Mayor Ernst Reuterat the burned-out Reichstag,Aug. 1948
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West Germanys first federal elections(August 1949):
CDU/CSU 31.0%SPD 29.2%FDP 11.9%KPD 5.7%Others 22.3%
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Adenauer sworn in as Chancellor (Sept. 1949)