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Suicide, April 30, 1945. Outside the Bunker, May 1945. Henry Morgenthau U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1934-1945. Before the War, 1937-38. As proposed by Morgenthau, 1944. Casablanca, January 1943. Teheran, December 1943. Yalta, January 1945. Potsdam, July 1945. Expulsions, 1945.
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Suicide, April 30, 1945 Outside the Bunker, May 1945
Henry Morgenthau U.S. Secretary of the Treasury 1934-1945
Before the War, 1937-38 As proposed by Morgenthau, 1944
The International Military Tribunal Nuremberg, 1945-1946
Subsequent Trials Held Under Allied Authority The Justice Trial, 1948
Trials in Countries Formerly Occupied by Germany Two Examples from Poland: Rudolf Höss (left), Commandant of Auschwitz Amon Göth (right), Commandant of Plaszow labor camp
Trials in the Federal Republic of Germany The Auschwitz Trial, 1964
Trials in Israel The Eichmann Trial, 1961-62 John Demjanjuk, 1987
The Big Three New Parties and Their Leaders Theodor Heuss Free Democratic Party FDP Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic Union CDU Kurt Schumacher Social Democratic Party SPD
The Marshall Plan, 1947 West German View East German View
Ludwig Erhard Wirtschaftswunder = Economic Miracle
Parliamentary Council, 1948-1949 The New Old Flag Black, Red, Gold Grundgesetz = Basic Law (May 23, 1949)
No longer “Deutschland über alles” Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheitfür das deutsche Vaterland!Danach lasst uns alle strebenbrüderlich mit Herz und Hand!Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheitsind des Glückes Unterpfand;|: blüh' im Glanze dieses Glückes,blühe, deutsches Vaterland. :| Unity, Justice and FreedomFor the German Fatherland.This is what we all must strive for,Brotherly with heart and hand.Unity, Justice and FreedomAre the foundation for happiness.Bloom in the radiance of this happiness,Bloom, oh German Fatherland.
The World Over, they’re taking off their hat… One million VWs, Rising Quality and Sinking Prices
Heimatfilme “The Heath is Green” (1951)
Compensation to Jews and Israel The Luxembourg Agreement, 1952
The Real Miracle West Germany, World Cup Champions of 1954
Adenauer in Moscow, 1955 An exception to the Hallstein Doctrine
Women and Mothers! Remember the horrors of the last war. Say “No to rearmament! Say “Yes” to negotiations and understanding
Special Party Convention SPD – Bad Godesberg November 1959