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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.
Luther's translation of the Bible into High German was also decisive for the German language and its evolution from Early New High German to Modern Standard German. [181] The publication of Luther's Bible was a decisive moment in the spread of literacy in early modern Germany , [ 181 ] and promoted the development of non-local forms of language ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; General ... 2025 events in Germany by month (2 C) C. Cancelled events in Germany ...
12 January — The German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg marries Eva Gruhn in Berlin; Hermann Göring is best man at the wedding.; 27 January — German War Minister Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg resigns, following the revelation that his new wife had previously posed for pornographic photos.
2 April — Alexandra Kluge, German actress (died 2017) 3 April — Annekathrin Bürger, German actress; 12 April — Barbara Aland, German theologian (died 2024) 24 April — Otmar Gutmann, German TV producer, animator and director (died 1993) 25 April — Wolfgang Zapf, German sociologe (died 2018) 2 May – Gisela Elsner, German writer (died ...
16 April – Jakob Heine, German orthopaedist (died 1879) 30 May – Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach, German geometer (died 1834) 31 July – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist (died 1882) 20 August – Bernhard Heine, German physician, bone specialist and inventor (died 1846) 26 October – Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, German Field Marshal (died 1891)
The East German Dictatorship: Problems and Perspectives in the Interpretation of the GDR (2002) Steiner, André. The Plans That Failed: An Economic History of East Germany, 1945–1989 (2010) Windsor, Philip. "The Berlin Crises" History Today (June 1962) Vol. 6, p375-384, summarizes the series of crises 1946 to 1961; online.