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The German Emergency Acts were passed, amending the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany to allow for the restriction of certain freedoms in the event of an emergency, and marking a major political defeat for the German student movement. 1969: 21 October: Willy Brandt of the SPD was elected chancellor of West Germany. 1970: 5 June
9 November 1989: The fall of the Berlin Wall ended the separation of Germany and started a series of events that ultimately led to German reunification. November 9th was originally considered to be the date for German Unity Day , but because it was also the anniversary of Kristallnacht , this date was considered inappropriate as a national holiday.
Military Operations France and Belgium: 1918 March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. II (Imperial War Museum & Battery Press ed.). London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-89839-223-4. Edmonds, J. E. (1994) [1939
Likewise, the capital purchases of German imports would be a boon for the depression-ravaged German economy at a time when the Nazi regime had promised to return the Reich to economic prosperity. [16] A significant event in the boycott took place on March 15, 1937, when a "Boycott Nazi Germany" rally was held in Madison Square Garden in New ...
Quizlet was founded in October 2005 by Andrew Sutherland, who at the time was a 15-year old student, [2] and released to the public in January 2007. [3] Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards , matching games , practice electronic assessments , and live quizzes.
24 February – Franz Burda I, German publisher (died 1986) 6 March. Erna Herchenröder, German trade unionist and politician (died 1977) [3] Franz Wessel, German judge (died 1958) 24 March – Adolf Butenandt, German chemist (died 1995) 26 April – Alex Möller, German politician (died 1985) 27 April – Karl Maron, German politician (died 1975)
The painting Germania, possibly by Philipp Veit, hung inside the Frankfurt parliament, the first national parliament in German history. The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (German: Deutsche Revolution 1848/1849), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (German: Märzrevolution), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries.
Philipp Scheidemann. The announcement of the abdication from the throne came too late to make any impression on the demonstrators in Berlin. Instead of dispersing, as the SPD newspaper Vorwärts urged them to do, more and more people poured into the center of Berlin and demonstrated between the seat of the emperor at the Berlin Palace, the seat of the Reich government on Wilhelmstrasse, and ...