Born after the Berlin Wall was built and the inter-German border was closed, they both grew up in communist East Germany. Had the people of East Germany not stood up to their communist government, I would have been born in the East German dictatorship as well. ..…
Believing that the government is better suited to control the lives of its citizens than the free market is what leaders of East Germany believed.. ..…
Germany's GDP growth fell by 0.1% in the quarter, with government figures in the quarter expected Thursday. ..…
In late 1916, Rasputin’s assassination would end the scandal without restoring the credibility of the government. ... Right after Germany’s defeat, the Soviet government cancelled this treaty but it was too late to avoid further internal opposition, this time mainly from..…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a prayer in the Chapel of Reconciliation for the celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at the Berlin Wall Memorial site along Bernauer street in Berlin, Germany, November 9, 2019. The fall of the Berlin Wall led to the..…
Former President John Quincy Adams laid the cornerstone for Cincinnati Observatory on Mount Ida . 1872. It was announced that Germany's Kaiser Wilhelm II would abdicate he then fled to Netherlands. 1938. ..…
Some pro-capitalists go further and argue that it is the “legacy of Socialism” which is blocking economic growth in east Germany, today. ... After West Germany joined the US-led NATO military alliance in 1955, the then Bonn government was happy to be allied with the Portuguese..…
Nowadays, the East German regime is gone, and Germany is, relatively speaking, one of the most market-oriented economies on earth. Eastern Germany shares a government with western Germany. So, why is eastern Germany still poor compared to its western German neighbors? ..…