Germany's central and southern regions have forested hills and mountains cut through by the Danube, Main, and Rhine river valleys.
Erika Riemann’s oral testimony on life in East Germany during the Cold War Erika Riemann was a teenager living in East Germany at the end of World War II. Her oral testimony describes her experiences as a political prisoner during the cold war. She was arrested in 1945 for drawing a bow...
During the Cold War, the six Western European states of the adopted the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to establish a common European market known as the European Economic Community (EEC). By 1991, the EEC has twelve member states, and they each signed The Maastricht Treaty. This treaty officially...
Welcome to the 24th Infantry Division Association If you have ever worn the Taro Leaf shoulder patch this site is for you. Wherever you wore the Taro Leaf, whether at Pearl Harbor, in the South Pacific, Japan, Korea, Fort Stewart, Fort Riley, Germany during the Cold War, Desert Storm or...
The second unification occurred in 1990 after the end of the Cold War. Between 1945 and 1990, Germany was divided between the east and west. How did Germany become a unified country in 1871? Most of the leaders of the German-speaking nations of Europe voluntarily chose to unite with ...
North of the Harz Mountains National Park is the charming, picturesque town of Quedlinburg. As visitors walk along the cobblestone streets, they will have the opportunity to view over 1,000 half-timbered houses. Since the town suffered minimal damage during the World Wars, it is one of the ...
Once known as a “Charlie “guarding point, the monument was turned into a museum dedicated to the Cold War. The majority of ancient buildings in Berlin were destroyed during the Second World War, only a few have managed to survive till our days. These are St. Hedwig’s Cathedral, St. ...
East Germany’s hard-line communist leadership was forced from power in October 1989 during the wave ofdemocratizationthat swept through eastern Europe. On November 9 the East German government opened the country’s borders with West Germany (including West Berlin), and openings were made in the ...
During the war, Hitler created camps where millions of Jewish people and other groups of people were killed. The war ended in 1945 with the Germans’ defeat. Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party, and Benito Mussolini, leader of Italy’s National Fascist Party After World War II, ...
The Berlin Wall stood as a symbol of division during the Cold War, separating East and West Berlin for nearly three decades. The East Side Gallery, painted by artists from around the world in 1990, celebrates the fall of the Wall. Walking along this 1.3-kilometer stretch, you can feel the...