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The scientists were captured between May 1 and June 30, 1945, [1] as part of the Allied Alsos Mission, mainly as part of its Operation Big sweep through southwestern Germany. They were interned at Farm Hall, a bugged house in Godmanchester, near Cambridge, England, from July 3, 1945, to January 3, 1946. [2]
The local nobility who ran the country opened the University of Göttingen in 1737; it soon became a world-class intellectual center. Baden sported perhaps the best government of the smaller states. Karl Friedrich ruled for 73 years and was an enthusiast for the Enlightenment; he abolished serfdom in 1783.
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Germany became the dominant economic power on the continent and was the second-largest exporting nation after Britain. [ 55 ] Technological progress during German industrialisation occurred in four waves: the railway wave (1877–1886), the dye wave (1887–1896), the chemical wave (1897–1902), and the wave of electrical engineering (1903 ...
In 1999, new interest was sparked by the book Görings Reich: Selbstinszenierungen in Carinhall [5] which led to treasure hunters visiting the ruins, and concerns raised about the site becoming a neo-Nazi "shrine". [6] The state government of Brandenburg ordered the remains of the tomb of Göring's wife to be demolished. [citation needed]
The period of Austrian and Prussian police-states and vast censorship between the Congress of Vienna and the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany later became widely known as the Vormärz ("before March"), referring to March 1848. During this period, European liberalism gained momentum; the agenda included economic, social, and political issues.
The 1900 House at 50 Elliscombe Road, Charlton, South-East London, 10 episodes (1999). The 1940s House at 17 Braemar Gardens, West Wickham, Kent, 5 episodes (2001) – a family "living" through the Second World War. The Edwardian Country House at Manderston, 2002 (6 episodes). Treats From The Edwardian Country House, 2002 (6 episodes).
Barton Hall – west facade. The village contains a notable manor house, Barton Hall, which is Grade II listed [20] and is the last survivor of five medieval village manors (there were four more in Eastmoor). [21] There is a medieval moat to the east of the Hall, but it is uncertain as to whether this is the direct ancestor of the present ...