After the Berlin Wall
Subtitle: putting two Germanys back together again
By: Christopher Hilton
Publisher: History
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780750950756
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Social conditions; Auswirkung; Vereinigung; Unification of Germany (1990) fast (OCoLC)fst01355185
Description: On 7 May 1945, Grand Admiral Donitz, named in Hitler's will as head of state, authorised the unconditional surrender of all German forces to the Allies. World War II in Europe was at an end. East and West Germany, and East and West Berlin, would remain divided until 1989. By October 1990, however, the two countries were reunited, and the Berlin Reichstag was once again the seat of government. Here, politicians would put East and West back together again, marrying a totalitarian, atheist, communist system with a democratic, Christian, capitalist one. How did this marriage affect the everyday life of ordinary Germans?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History lessons from the wall man; title: God, a little distance and the first onion; title: Windows on the world; title: Reclaiming 1933, and 1945, and 1989; title: Taking your medicine; title: The other history lessons; title: As if there wasn't a border; title: Boot on the other foot; title: The process of approaching one another; title: The word in stone.