Germany post world war ii The aftereffects of

Germany post world war ii

The aftereffects of World War Two were what shaped Cold War Germany. The post-war state of Germany was grim: about 1/4 of housing had been destroyed, the economic infrastructure had largely collapsed, inflation was rampant, there was a shortage of food, and millions of homeless Germans from the east were returning. After its unconditional surrender, Germany was divided into four zones of Allied military occupation: American, French, British, and Soviet. The old capital of Berlin was also divided into four zones, but Berlin itself remained inside of the Soviet zone.

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The destroyed factories and farms led to an economical downfall.

The Berlin Wall was officially referred to as the "Anti-Fascist Protective Wall" In 1989, a series of radical political changes occurred in the Eastern Bloc, associated with the liberalization of the Eastern Bloc's authoritarian systems and the erosion of political power in the pro-Soviet governments in nearby Poland Hungary. After several weeks of civil unrest, the East German government announced on 9 November 1989 that all GDR citizens could visit West Germany and West Berlin.

Crowds of East Germans crossed and climbed onto the Wall, joined by West Germans on the other side in a celebratory atmosphere. Over the next few weeks, euphoric people and souvenir hunters chipped away parts of the Wall; the governments later used industrial equipment to remove most of what was left.

More than 2 million people from East Berlin visited West Berlin that weekend to participate in a celebration that was, one journalist wrote, “the greatest street party in the history of the world. ”

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After the fall of the wall, Volkswagen stopped manufacturing military vehicles, focusing their production on civilian cars, becoming one of the most prominent automotive industries there are.

We can’t talk about Germany without talking about their alcoholic beverages. Germany sports a variety of high-quality beers, such as: -Beck’s Brewery -Karlsberg -Bavaria Brewery -Oettinger Brewery -Ayinger Brewery

Because of Germany’s wide range of beer, it’s only normal there would be a festival dedicated to the fine art of brewing. The festival is held annually in Munich, Bavaria. The first festival took place in 1810, and ended up becoming a yearly national event.

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Founded in 1924, their first major occupation was designing the uniforms for the Waffen SS troops of Germany. Today, they are a major German luxury company.

Thousands of job-seeking refugees have attended an employment fair in the German capital, Berlin, which attracted 211 prospective employers from a number of fields, including information technology, medicine, tourism and construction.