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Johannes Robert Becher
Johannes Robert Becher , 1891-1958, German poet and essayist. After an early association with the Expressionist movement, Becher turned to Communism. His anti-imperialist poetry, notably Der Leichnam auf dem Thron [the corpse on the throne] (1925), led to exile from Nazism (1935-45) in the USSR,... Read more |
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Germany
Germany , Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). Located in the center of Europe, it borders the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France on the west; Switzerland and Austria on the south; the Czech... Read more |
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National Socialist Party (Germany)
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Germany. Air Force
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Federal Republic of Germany
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Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mueller-Stahl, Armin 1930–PERSONALBorn December 17, 1930, in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Russia); immigrated to East Berlin; immigrated to West Germany (now Germany), 1980; son of Alfred (a bank teller) and Editta Mueller-Stahl; married Gabriele Scholz (a dermatologist), 1973;... Read more |
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East Germany
German Democratic Republic (or East Germany) A former eastern European country. It emerged in 1949 from the Soviet Zone of occupation of Germany. Its frontier with Poland on the Oder-Neisse line, agreed at the POTSDAM CONFERENCE, was confirmed by the Treaty of Zgorzelec in 1950. Its capital was East... Read more |
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Ernst Toller
Ernst Toller , 1893-1939, German dramatist and poet of the expressionist school. He was imprisoned (1919-24) for participating in the Communist Bavarian revolution. In 1932 he left Germany, and in 1936 he went to New York City, where he later committed suicide. His plays of social protest include ... Read more |
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German Americans
GERMAN AMERICANS by La Vern J. Rippley Overview Situated in the heart of Europe, Germany today adjoins nine neighbors: Denmark to the north; Poland and the Czech Republic to the east; Austria and Switzerland to the south; and the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France to the west.... Read more |
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Habsburg dynasty
Habsburg dynasty A royal dynasty whose members became the hereditary rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, and held authority over the largest realm in Europe during the Renaissance. The Habsburgs originated in Swabia, a duchy of southwestern Germany. In 1246 they took control of the duchy of Austria.... Read more |
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Zuwanderung nach Deutschland: Strukturen, Wirkungen, Perspektiven / Deutsche...
...Zuwanderung nach Deutschland. Strukturen...Zuwanderergruppen in Deutschland unter besorderere...migration to Germany, assesses...migration, and East Germany lost...departures over these 45...moving to ... |
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Polish Events Said to Alarm East Germany
...reaffirmed that East Germany still supports...editorial in Neues Deutschland said. The editorial...exacerbates the East German leadership's dilemma over the surge of...on travel and emigration, then he would...believe ... |
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E. BERLIN CHIEF MAY EASE PARTY GRIP
...reform since he took over East Germany's most powerful post, Krenz told Neues Deutschland, the official party...constitution also defines East Germany as a socialist state...visits and permanent emigration, ... |
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After the party; in the wake of the past week's momentous events, politics...
...the marchers over loudspeakers...the arts in East Germany. In Dresden...through the East German press...daily, Neues Deutschland, which sticks...describing the mass emigration west as a defeat for East ... |
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West's Officials Fear Speed of German Unity
...Germanys through emigration, officials...popular anger over how their...process in the East." But the...demands of East German crowds...numbers of East Germans decide...not so much Deutschland uber Alles...manufacturer of ... |
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Europe's new migration // Hundreds of thousands seek better lives
...authorities said. East Germany intensified...daily, Neues Deutschland, printed 23...and warning East Germans of an...hearth." West Germany is the promised...Central Asia. "Emigration is regarded...fled to Hungary ... |
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DAILY DIGEST
...crisis. THE DISPUTE OVER East German refugees to West Germany worsened with the...publication of a letter in East Germany's Communist Party...letter, in Neues Deutschland's editorial column...rules on travel and ... |