1949, Germany as a whole was organized into two separate polities with limited sovereignty: the Federal Republic of Germany, generally known as West Germany...
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Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (/ˈveɪbər/; German: [maks ˈveːbɐ]; 21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist, and political...
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inhabitants of East Germany. Therefore, the CDU was the dominant political party for the first two decades following the establishment of West Germany in 1949. The...
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II, the country's economic infrastructure was completely destroyed. West Germany embarked in its program of reconstruction guided by the economic principles...
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Manfred Weber (born 14 July 1972) is a German politician who has been serving as President of the European People's Party (EPP) since 2022 and as Leader...
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format to its Maria and Joseph predecessors, this time involving a search for an actress to play the role of Nancy in a West End production of Lionel...
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Spider's Web (German: Das Spinnennetz) is a 1989 West German film directed by Bernhard Wicki. It is based on the 1923 novel by Joseph Roth. It was chosen...
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Cinema, 1949–1989 (chapel Hill, 2002) Garncarz, Joseph, and Annemone Ligensa, eds. The Cinema of Germany (Wallflower Press, distributed by Columbia University...
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Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist...
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composer of German opera; was an exponent of Leitmotif. One of the main figures in the so-called War of the Romantics. Carl Maria von Weber. Perhaps the...
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affairs. Jürgen Weber, Germany, 1945–1990: A Parallel History (Budapest, Central European University Press, 2004) Weber, Jurgen (2004). Germany, 1945–1990...
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sold in two product lines: Weber, with entry-level and mid-level pianos, and Albert Weber, with higher-level products. The Weber Piano Company was founded...
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Republic of Germany and the State of Israel. After the end of World War II and the Holocaust, relations gradually thawed as West Germany offered to pay...
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Maria von Weber, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss were among the composers who created the field of German opera. The most popular living German composer...
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Adolph Coors (redirect from Adolph Herman Joseph Coors, Sr.)
Adolph Herman Joseph Coors Sr. (February 4, 1847 – June 5, 1929) was a German-American brewer who founded the Adolph Coors Company in Golden, Colorado...
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Eugen Joseph Weber (April 24, 1925 – May 17, 2007) was a Romanian-born American historian with a special focus on Western civilization. Weber became a...
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Munich (redirect from Munich West Germany)
Munich (/ˈmjuːnɪk/ MEW-nik; German: München [ˈmʏnçn̩] ) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. With a population of 1...
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Heidelberg (redirect from Heidelberg, West Germany)
(German: [ˈhaɪdl̩bɛʁk] ; Palatine German: Heidlberg) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany...
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Republic of Germany on 23 May 1949 ("West Germany"). Western-occupied West Berlin declared its accession to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949 but...
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The Decline of the West (German: Der Untergang des Abendlandes; more literally, The Downfall of the Occident) is a two-volume work by Oswald Spengler....
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astronaut Alfred Weber, sociologist Max Weber, sociologist Diedrich Hermann Westermann (1875–1956), linguist Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex...
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several people Marc Weber (disambiguation), several people Max Weber (disambiguation), several people Max Weber (1864–1920), German political economist...
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died. Joseph Goebbels issued instructions that demonstrations against Jews were to be organized and undertaken in retaliation throughout Germany. On 10...
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original German family name Weissmüller translates literally as "white miller" or "wheat miller" (Weizen)." LOIS WEBER "Born Florence Lois Weber on June...
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Bavaria (redirect from Bayern State, Germany)
Bavaria, is a state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of 70,550.19 km2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly...
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Africa (9) Spain (14) Sweden (10) Switzerland (6) United States (20) West Germany (19) Yugoslavia (3) שיאים וזהב לנכים, מעריב, 8.8.1972 (in Hebrew) Swimming...
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in Germany and Austria. Nazi Germany was succeeded by three states: West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany or "FRG"), East Germany (the German Democratic...
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of German territory but opposed the idea of expulsion, wanting instead to naturalize the Germans as Polish citizens and to assimilate them. Joseph Stalin...
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The culture of Germany has been shaped by major intellectual and popular currents in Europe, both religious and secular. German culture originated with...
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Nazi Germany, the country was divided into East and West Germany in the opening acts of the Cold War, and each state retained a sense of German identity...
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