10 years after that. A review of the history of Germany. 10 years after the end of the war (29 m) Berlin freedom bell rings, wholesale.
The recent fighting around Berlin. Russian tanks. German soldiers surrender with arms raised. The red flag at the Brandenburg Gate.
8.5.45 signing the capitulation by field marshal by Keitel (46 m) German soldiers arise and go into captivity. Cities of debris.
The time of hunger 1945-1948: food stamps. Queues in front of the shops.
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Storm on the meat Bank. Black market. Trains with passengers on roofs and running boards. Hitchhiking on roads. Remove monument to Kaiser Wilhelm. Disassemblies. Unemployment. Rubble women. Demolition of houses ruins.
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Casting Chamber process at Denazification. Changing of the guard from Spandau Prison.
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Zone border with barbed wire.
Currency reform. Currency exchange. Paper mill.
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Full window. Buildings with Marshall plan funds. Blockade of West Berlin. Air bridge. NATO Pact. Military commander in Germany are replaced by High Commissioners. Heuss when was sworn as Federal President. Adenauer at swearing-in as Chancellor. Reception of the diplomatic corps. Ernst Reuter in the United States, Adenauer in Paris, London and the United States.
Erhard at industry fair. Export surplus. Shipment of export goods.
1952 Olympics: With athletes from Germany.
25 m Hans Günter Winkler on Halla is world champion in show jumping. Gundi Busch is world champion of the skaters. Germany is world champion with Fangio 1954 Mercedes winner on the racing.
17.6.1953 uprising in the East zone.
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Refugees from the East in the Friedland camp.
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Homecoming by German prisoners of war from the East. German Protestant Church Congress in Leipzig. Failure of the Germany Conference of the 4 major powers in Berlin. Instrument of ratification signed by Adenauer and Conant. The Federal Republic of Germany is a sovereign State. Crop pictures, industrial work, smoking chimneys.
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Title: ten years after that down to Kaiser Wilhelm monument Keitel to first returnees food cards to questionnaire camera: Luppa questionnaire to Spandau frontier to Empire Wolf showcase to locomotive loading sports uprising Church day camp finale final special service weight lifting camera: strong
10 years after that that was the end. The end of the 5-1 / 2 years of fighting, blood and tears. The dream of the millennial Kingdom, founded on lawlessness and terror, broke in the hail of bombs and the onslaught of tanks. The flag of the Soviet Union rose through the debris fields of German Imperial capital. On May 8, 1945, Germany gave up the fight has become long pointless. The clock of in German history was on 12. It hit zero hour. One hour that should last about 3 years. -The ordeal of surviving soldiers in captivity began with the surrender. For many, he ended up in camps that they should never leave. In that hour, the chaos was over Germany. Alone in the territory of the Federal Republic, apartments were totally destroyed about 2 1/4 million. More 2 1/2 million rentals showed severe damage. When the genocide ended, Germany mourned more than 6 1/2 million dead. The losses amounted to 55 million deaths around the world. The losses amounted to 55 million around the world. In Yalta the post-war politics was laid down at the Conference three months ago. It is based on the Morgenthau plan, which wanted to convert Germany into an agricultural State. The Potsdam Conference confirmed this goal. Zone boundaries were created and the expulsion of German 6 million beyond the Oder and Neisse. It disappeared without a trace another 3 1/2 million.-the first prisoners of war were released by the Western allies. Mostly handicapped came back from the East. -You still remember? There was a time, as we had to come out with 90 grams of fat and 100 grams of meat a month. Giant snakes formed when there was once somewhere questionable meat without brands. The hunger drew the faces. The money had no value. American cigarettes were the only "currency". The black market has flourished. Diamonds and gold. Persian rugs and clocks, where you still had them, were exchanged for a couple of eggs; against some butter. -50 km train ride were a single strain. Many preferred to travel by hitch-hiking. In that time, all symbols failed. What had been jahrzehnte -, for centuries, was suddenly verfehmt. -Terrible damage arose the German economy. According to the revised industrial plan, 918 works should be removed in the Western zones. It resulted in a production loss of year 2 1/2 billion. The jobless workers increased the army of misery. But we are not resigned. Everywhere you went in the removal of debris, the character of the war. -Then came this arch, which asked embarrassing questions. And it started endless saying Chamber inconsistent procedures, the hundreds of thousands into 2nd class citizens. Spandau was an eerie reminder. Behind these walls ver schwanden 7 leading men of the Third Reich, who had been sentenced in the first trial. -When the Russians had long since left the Allied Control Council, they still provided the guard for this prison with the Western powers. Because before long - and broke the purpose of Alliance of the victorious powers. Of the East zone, the iron curtain fell. -For us but the day finally arrived. The day of the currency reform. The infamous Morgenthau plan was finally set for the files. Could begin construction on a new, better Germany. First of all, a miracle happened. The shop Windows were filled with the most delicious things overnight. It neared sure slowly but with the stable mark for the man now received a real equivalent - uphill. The Marshal Plan aid was added. And gradually, the wounds of the war had been joined. -The German unity however was further than ever before. The Soviets blockaded West Berlin. The desire for freedom of the Berlin and the Allied airlift the 11-month-long attempt to starve the city failed. -An understanding between East and West seemed to be no longer possible. The West is joined to the Atlantic Pact. That brought more relief for West Germany. The military commanders have been replaced by the High Commissioners. In Bonn, the Bundestag was constituted in September 1949. Professor Theodor Heuss was elected Federal President, Dr. Konrad Adenauer as Federal Chancellor. -Slowly, you got confidence to the young State abroad. Not insignificantly Reuter in America and especially the travel of the Chancellor helped during the visit of the unforgotten Ernst after Paris - London - and Washington. At many fairs, the German economy was to the economy of the world. The sign "Made in Germany" was his good old sound again. You are anywhere interested in German goods. The export increased constantly. Today the annual export is almost $ 3 billion higher than imports. Compared to 1938 the export has despite the reduced area more than tripled. -1952 lit the Olympic flame for the German athletes. There were still the big successes. But - we were there again. Then, H. G. Winkler became world champion of show jumping. Gundi Busch clinched the Championship in the ice art run. The 3-2 success in Bern on Hungary was months long football hearts. And the silver arrows of Mercedes as was once hunted from victory to victory. The desperate uprising of 17 June 1953 was crushed in the East zone. Gracious, it meant the fate with many German prisoners of war. But who came back was marked by the terrible years of the tribulation. And there are still thousands behind barbed wire live. -Hundreds of thousands, which no longer endured life in East Germany, arrived in the Federal Republic. The vast stream of refugees does not break down. They all know that they will not find a secure existence. But the freedom to apply them more. The hope to build a bridge between East and West, at least in the common faith was strengthened by the Protestant Church Congress in Leipzig. The prospect of reunification is still unfulfilled. The Germany meeting of the four major powers in Berlin ended in failure. The result was an even closer association of the West. What had held no one of us in 1945 for possible, was true. We were again recognized as a sovereign State. It was the harvest of an often endangered seed. But what has been achieved in the past difficult years, was not only a success of the policy; not only a result of global political conflicts. Has been achieved mainly through the unflinching will of the whole people to his destiny. To justify the regained confidence of the world and to recognize the mistakes and errors of the past - remains our task - 10 years after that.
