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Germany and Europe

Diplomacy, Foreign and Security Policy and the European Union.

30 German years: 1980 – 2010
From the Fall of the Wall to the reforms of the year 2000.
Konrad Adenauer
30 German years: 1950 – 1980
From the German Economic Miracle to RAF Terrorism: Three German decenniums. An overview.
Feier anlässlich der Fall der Mauer am Brandenburger Tor
The fall of the Wall and German reunification
An unprecedented historical process, the end of division and coming to terms with the past.
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Past and present
Germany before and after the fall of the Wall – a story in pictures
Gedenken an die Reichspogromnach 1938
Historical date
November 9th – Day of remembrance in Germany
No other date in German history is associated with so many key events – above all Reichspogromnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Hand drauf: Ulrich Krökel mit Lech Wałęsa
Blossoming friendships
A personal look back at 35 years of neighbourly relations between Poland and the reunified Germany by foreign correspondent Ulrich Krökel.
Plakate von 1989 im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin
“We are the people”
German reunification: the motto of the peaceful revolution in 1989 was an appeal against division and in favour of non-violence.
Angie Pohlers
No Young Pioneer’s badge
Angie Pohlers was born in eastern Germany the year the Wall came down. How has she experienced the growing together of East and West?
Feierstimmung am Brandenburger Tor 35 years of German unity
Reunification
Has Germany grown together?
How Germany’s reunification that happened 35 years ago has changed the country at the societal, economic and political level.
Gemälde von Birgit Kinder an der Ostseite der Berliner Mauer.
Growing together
Stefan was born two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Although he grew up in united Germany, he can still see traces of the old division today.
East Side Gallery in Berlin
A life without the Wall
In 1989 the Wall fell, and in 1989 our author was born. She belongs to a generation that never experienced a divided Germany.
Heute ist die Mauer in Berlin eine Touristenattraktion.
Germany without the Wall
Taking stock: many things have normalised in the last 35 years, but differences still remain.

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