This is a collection of historical images I used in my Youtube video "German Unification and Reunification Explained with Paper" and other images I happen to find on the internet. Germany was united into one empire, split after World War 2, and then...
~~~8. Mai 1945~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once the Nazis faced defeat against the Allies in the Battle of the Bulge, they surrendered. --. ----, 1945:
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"Give me 5 years and you will not recognize Germany again." Quote by Adolf Hitler on a sign written in both English and German, posted near Aachen, Germany
~~~5. Juni 1945~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Then the Allies decided to occupy the country. There was four zones......
British zone American zone French zone
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The Soviet zone
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~~~6. Juni 1945~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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German mothers walk their children to school through the streets of Aachen, Germany, for registration at the first public school to be opened by the U.S. military government after the war. Source:media.iwm.org.uk ~~1946
~~~10. Oktober 1946~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Germans then resumed their lives as they cleaned up the aftermath.
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Dutch children passing food to German children through the fence that divided the streets of Nieuwstraat/Neustraße, Kerkrade.
(1946; All slanted captions are not done by me)
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Then the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union happened. Originally the Allies wanted to put Germany back together, but the Cold War ended up forming West and East Germany. Same with Berlin.
Photo credits to this source: https://pin.it/1t0UIPG (Pinterest)
