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German Reunification

Shafeeq Ur Rehamn

22/May/2017

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Why Germany Was

Divided? After World War II

1. German military leaders' unconditional surrender in May 1945

2. sovereign authority passed to the victorious Allied powers

3. end of the war: “zero hour”

4. Americans, British, French, and Soviets divided Germany into four zones

5. the American, British, and French zones together made up the western two-thirds of Germany, while the Soviet zone comprised the eastern third

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Burlin

Berlin, the former capital, was placed under

joint four-power authority but was

partitioned into four sectors for

administrative purposes

an Allied Control Council was to exercise

overall joint authority

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Burlin Wall

On Aug. 13, 1961, the East German government surprised the world by sealing off East Berlin from West Berlin, first by cutting wire and later by construction of a concrete wall through the middle of the city.

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Burlin Wall

No one was permitted to go to the West through the tightly guarded crossing points without official permission. East Germans who sought to escape by climbing over the wall risked being shot by East German guards under orders to kill, if need be, to prevent the crime of “flight from the republic.”

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Reasons for the building of

the WallTwo major reasons for the building of the Wall:

1. Economics: too many well-educated people

moved from East Germany, and some worked

in West Berlin and lived in East Berlin (it's

cheaper there), so DDR lost money on this

2. Political: the West side interfered with the

East side (the Russian sector)

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Reunification Off German

The reunification of Germany was one of the greatest events in world history.LosAngeles Times It was a once-in-a-lifetime chance for many to witness such a humanitarian effort toward peace and prosperity. The following images capture just a few of the celebrations of the reunification and the stories they have to tell.

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Citizens Chipping Away at the Berlin Wall

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German Military Removing the Berlin Wall

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Germany‘s way to democracy

Celebration at the Brandenburg Gate

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Mergence Of East And West

GermanyWest Germany and East Germany merged their financial systems in July 1990, and in October East Germany dissolved and all its citizens became citizens of the Federal Republic of Germany.

The final obstacle to reunification was removed in July 1990.

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Problems after Reunification

Reunification promised to quickly alleviate

forty years of East German Socialism by

means of tax money, which proved wrong.

Reunification promised to bring "social

freedom" by ignoring the crimes of former

Socialist party leaders.

Economic and political unstability.

There was massive confusion about

property rights.

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Effects of Reunification

The cost of reunification has been a heavy burden

to the German economy and has contributed to

Germany's inability today to be the locomotive of

the European economy that it had been in the past.

The costs of reunification are estimated to amount

to over 1.5 trillion Euro.

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Effects of Reunification

Following reunification, Germany followed the

social policies of working through history and

mastering the past to deal with their violent

history.

Since unification, hundreds of thousands of former

East Germans have continued to migrate to

western Germany to find well-paying jobs.