West Germany - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Germany (German: ) is a common English name for the period of the Federal Republic of Germany (German: ) between its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when the (Ea...
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However, with Cold War tensions creating a rift between the United States and the Soviet Union, Germany and Berlin soon became divided into two main spheres: East Germany, controlled by the Soviet Union, and West Germany, aided by the democratic West and the United States.
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Troops in East Germany have sealed the border between East and West Berlin, shutting off the escape route for thousands of refugees from the East. ... Barbed wire fences up to six feet (1.83 metres) high were put up during the night, and Berliners woke this morning to find themselves living in a divided city.
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The Wall, 1958-1963. The fate of Germany remains unresolved. West Germany has been admitted to NATO. Within East Germany, Berlin is divided between East and West by an open border. Thousands seize the chance to flee the communist system.
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"You can't possibly find a better bloodline anywhere - especially not in West Germany." ... Grube called the claims from the East German breeders an "obvious case of Ostalgie" - a sentimental nostalgia about life in former East Germany, which went out of existence at reunification in ... GERMANY STILL DIVIDED October 3, 1990...
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Search billions of records on Ancestry.com ... Map of Germany, 1945; Return to Map List...
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Firstcoastnews.com strange and unusual stories ... "This is Xaver, a purebred East German shepherd," she said proudly, kissing the dark whelp on its wet snout. "You can't possibly find a better bloodline anywhere -- especially not in West Germany."
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At the end of WWII, the Allies invaded Germany. The Soviets came from the East, and invaded up to the Oder-Neisse Line. The Americans, French, and British came thus far from the West. After the War, this Western part of Germany went to the ...
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Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel has announced a special new programme to boost higher education institutions in East Germany. The east-west divide has long been a source of anger to educationists in the East.
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