Germany Depth 4

germany was divided into how many zones?

4

growing tension between … and…developed into the cold war

USA and USSR

when were german politicans to draw up a constitution of new democratic nation

1948

FGR sought basis on the values of

weimar republic

who led the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

Konrad Adenauer

what did adenaeur make german part of

NATO

who did west german work with that was previous enemy

france

allies were determined to rid germany of

nazi past

tens of thousands germans were prosecuted for being

nazi criminals

when did hitler commit suicide

30 april 1945

when did germany surrender to the allied forces

8th may

who was the european advisory commission set up by

france, britain, us, ussr

what did the european advisory commission do?

future planning

when was the yalta conference

4-11 feb 1945

who met at yalta

churchill and stalin

quote about the agreement at yalta

‘destroy german militarism’

how many zones was germany set up into

4

was was the division supposed to be

temporary

who wanted to punish germany

USSR AND FRANCE

who wanted germany to not be harshly fined

USA AND BRITain

When was Potsdam

July 1945

who was roosevelt replaced by

truman

what was agreeed at yalta (2)

• allow citizens to decide government

• democratic elections in all liberated europe

germany would be … and … after the agreemenr at yalta

denazified and demilitarised

1 disagreement about the western zone

american zone failed to establish democracy

who constructed the new lander for their zone

americans

what two parties dominated the elections of 1946 and 1947

SPD and CDU

Who was SPD leader

schumacher

who made up the cdu

old centre party, german nationalists and populists

what was the unions main goal

common vision of unified party like the spd

When was the london conference

febuaray and march 1948

what was a result of the london conference

democratic institions in germany

in the july 1948 what did ministers begin to dicuss

new constitution

how many members of the lander met in Bonn

65

lander members rejected calls from the united states that the constituoin should be

voted on german people

the new parliamentary council was directed by

adenauer

when was the basic law introduced

august- september 1948

basic law allowed germant to have

federalised state and proportional representative vote

the bundesrat was the

upper house

what did the lander replace

old weimar list system

new system of voting allow german to vote

2

how could the chancellor now be removed

vote of no confidence

did the president appoint the chancellor

no

constitutional court made to

outlaw undemocratic parties

how much of the vote did the parties now need to get place in bundestag

5%

constituion had no role for a reconstructed

military

agruments between bundesrat and lander

now powerful lander shouold be

how much power bundesrat to block

lander parliaments now had control over

education and adminstration

west berlin citizens not part of west germany but

could vote in federal elections and state elections

west berlin could reject federal law eg

military conscription in the 1950s

the constituion would remain in place until germany was reunified

federal republic of germany had own

constitution

what did the frg lack

foreign minister

what was the FRG described as

‘semi soverign state’

concerns from other western powers that FRG should not be strictkly controlled in

economic and foreign matters

propbelm wiht the constition - proportioanl represenataion

coaltitions

criticisms that the capitalism system did little for the

german working classes

frg successes

• changing gunction of president

• german greater democratic connection to vote

when did the consitution start to collapse

1949

what was adenauer’s vision

prussian militarism was cause of germany agression

what law was adenauer part of establishing

law 46

what was adenaeur involved with hitler

bomb plot 1944

when was the adenauer era

1945-63

political career

mayor of cologne until oct 1945

when as adenauer leader of the cdu

june 1945

adenauer believed that the weimar showed the dangers of

disunity betwene political parties

CDU more favourable with the

western powers

economic policies persued by

erhard

adenuaer now opposed to

east germany policies

compromise of the cdu with who?

socialist unity party

who did catholic vote for

cdu

how much of the august 1949 election did cdu win

31% of the vote

spd proposed

social market economy

Free Democratic Party and german Party made up

208/402 seats in the reichstag

when did the reichstag elected adenauer as chancellor

1949

when did adenauer stay as chancellor until

1963

adenauer believed future survival needed

economic and political cooperation

economic and political cooperation through

european economic committee

adenauer wnted more coopartion with countries such as

france

adenauer approach to the military

• fomraiton of frg army

how many in frg army

150,000

what was the peterburg agreement

FR asserted that the Frg prevent the recratin of amred forced

how much did the CDU WIN IN 1953

45%

what was the german treaty

sovreignty to the frg

own military force

allied troops would still be in the frg

FRG was a key member. ofwhat

Western European community

when was the german treaty signed

23 october 1954

what did the german treaty set up relationship between

FRG and Western occupying forced

article 1 of the german treaty

dissolve high allied commuison. and occupation status

what did the hallstein doctrine do

when was the hallstein doctrine set out

1955

Hallstein doctrin recognised GDR as. a

sovreign state

Hallstein doctrine asserted diplomatic recognition of the

GDR

no country could gain finanical assitamce from the FRG if it recognised the

GDR

when did the CDU achieve 50.2 % of vote

1957

what was the CDU SLOGAN

‘no experiments’

1957 victory was

endorsement of his 1950 policies

adenauer impact set basis of

FRG developemtn up to 1989

adenauer established relationship with

france

how long did the cdu stable and prosperous democracy last

1989

how many years did schumacher spend in a concentration camp DACHAU

10 years