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Europe Divided History 104 / April 22, 2013. The American military & the question of fraternization. Eastern Europe: Red Army Choirs and pro-Soviet “ friendship societies ”. Hamburg, 1957: boxing legend Max Schmeling as a Coca-Cola distributor.
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Eastern Europe: Red Army Choirsand pro-Soviet “friendship societies”
Hamburg, 1957:boxing legend Max Schmelingas a Coca-Cola distributor
Marlene Dietrich(an emigré from Germany)advertises for Lucky Strike
France’s final defeat in Vietnam:Dien Bien Phu, March-May 1954
Konrad AdenauerWest German Chancellor, 1949-1963“No Experiments!”
Ludwig ErhardWest German Minister of Economics, 1949-1963“Prosperity for Everyone”
“Heavy industry –the basis of our independence and prosperity”- poster promotingEast Germany’sFive Year Plan
“De-Stalinization” in 1956:Khrushchev denounces Stalin’s earlier “cult of personality”
Aug. 20, 1968:other Warsaw Pact states intervene to crush the“Prague Spring”