PPT-HI136 The History of Germany Lecture 14

Lecture 14 West Germany The Basic Law Based on 4 key principles The rule of law Democratic participation for all Federalism Social welfare Established the Federal Republic of Germany as a federal parliamentary democracy with separation. Lecture 12. The Third Reich . At War. The Polish Campaign, 1-28 Sept. 1939. Source: R. Overy, . The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Third Reich. Blitzkrieg. Campaigns in western Europe and the Mediterranean,. Lecture . 17. 1989 and Reunification. Reasons for . the Collapse of the GDR. Domestic Factors. Economic problems. Growing dissatisfaction with regime. Pressure for reform. International Factors. Reform within the Soviet Union. Lecture 16. 1968. Background of Social Change. The protests of 1968 reflected an . ongoing. process of social change, not just in Germany but in the whole of the western world.. Increased prosperity and living standards.. Lecture . 13. Defeat, Occupation . and . Division. The Morgenthau Plan. . Drawn up by the US Secretary of State, Henry Morgenthau.. Designed to ensure that Germany could never again be a threat to her neighbours.. Lecture 15. East Germany. Introduction. Debates over the history of the GDR – objective assessments are still difficult to arrive at.. Continuity with German history (especially with the Nazi period)?. History of Northern Europe. Scandinavian Countries: . Vikings: 793 – 1066 AD, explored most of Europe and helped settle it. Came from Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. They were a warlike people. . (also called . Use the events list provided and the A3 graph provided to do the following:. Draw on the 21 events positioning them on either the ‘cold’ or ‘warm’ area of the graph depending on unification & relations between the East and West. Reading . The Book Thief. In order to get the most out of reading The Book Thief, you really need to understand the historical background to the novel. . In groups, pool your knowledge of Germany during World War II and the Jewish Holocaust.. Wider Reading. Academic Writing. Fulbrook. , M. . A Concise History of Germany, . Cambridge University Press (2004). Hiden. , J. . The Weimar Republic. , Seminar . Staudies. in History, Longman (1996). Key Words:. President – . figurehead of the government.. Chancellor – . head of the government on a day-to-day basis.. Reichstag and Reichsrat – . the two chambers of the German Parliament.. Constitution – . Otto von Bismarck (1815-98). Born in . Sch. önhausen. in Brandenburg, the son of a Pomeranian . Junker. .. Educated at . Göttingen. University.. 1836: Entered the Prussian civil service.. 1839: Retired from the civil service to manage the family estates.. Lecture 2. The Franco-Prussian War (1870-71): primacy of domestic policy. War with France created an huge upsurge in German national feeling – popular pressure in the South German states to transform the wartime alliance into a permanent union.. Lecture 5. The July Crisis. 28 June:. Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated at Sarajevo.. 5 July:. Kaiser Wilhelm II offers Germany’s unconditional support (the ‘blank cheque’) to Austria-Hungary.. Lecture 4. The Army and German Society. The garrison was the centre of social life in Imperial Germany.. The German Army was made up of conscripts – every male between the ages of 17 and 45 was eligible for military service..