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German Post-War History

How much do you know about the history of Germany after World War 2?
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1. Which year is often remembered as the one that started a process of openly dealing with the Nazi era?
1949 ✓
2015 ✓
1992 ✓
1968 ✓
Student protests took place in many countries that year, and they were often directed against conservative parents. The German youth had a special reason.
2. Which decision made by Willy Brandt in 1971 met fierce opposition?
Utilizing nuclear energy ✓
Rebuilding an army ✓
Renouncing land claims in Poland ✓
Initially, reunification was understood as including parts of the former empire which were lost after WW2. Many conservatives considered Brandt a traitor. However, this is not an issue in modern politics.
3. Chancellor Schröder refused to join the United States in which war?
Afghanistan ✓
Iraq (2003) ✓
Kosovo ✓
Vietnam ✓
Strangely, German Shepherds were not renamed Freedom Shepherds in the US.
4. Which initiative greatly helped Germany recover from World War 2?
McArthur Plan ✓
Patton Plan ✓
Marshall Plan ✓
Eisenhower Plan ✓
5. What was West Germany's capital?
West Berlin ✓
Frankfurt ✓
Aachen ✓
Bonn ✓
6. What kind of "miracle" happened during the 1950s?
Military ✓
Cultural ✓
Economic ✓
Diplomatic ✓
7. Who said that he was a Berliner (or a jelly doughnut, depending on what you want to hear)?
Ronald Reagan ✓
Mikhail Gorbachev ✓
John F. Kennedy ✓
Charles de Gaulle ✓
8. Which fact about third chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger is true?
He used to be a member of the Nazi party. ✓
He later became UN general secretary. ✓
He was assassinated. ✓
Kiesinger joined enthusiastically in 1933, although he was later denounced as a "hamperer of actions against the Jews" by his colleagues.
9. Why did chancellor Willy Brandt fall to his knees?
He was looking for coins on the ground ✓
He had a heart attack during a speech ✓
He apologised for WW2 crimes ✓
10. What happened during the Munich Summer Olympics in 1972?
It was interrupted by student riots ✓
Palestine terrorists killed Israeli athletes ✓
East and West Germany almost went to war ✓
11. West Germany was plagued by the RAF in the 1970s. What was it?
a far-left terrorist group ✓
the name for ongoing war reparations ✓
a series of censorship legislations ✓
12. What was the Stasi?
the East German secret police ✓
the name of allied-occupied Berlin ✓
the denazification program ✓
13. Who were Günter Grass, Heinrich Böll and Christa Wolf?
Politicians ✓
Journalists ✓
Philosophers ✓
Writers ✓
14. What did president Richard von Weizsäcker define May 8, 1945 in a 40th anniversary speech?
A Day of Glory ✓
A Day of Defeat ✓
A Day of Humiliation ✓
A Day of Liberation ✓
15. Which region has been known for its increased neo-Nazi activity since at least the 1990s?
Berlin ✓
Eastern Germany (the former GDR) ✓
the Ruhr Area ✓
Bavaria ✓
16. Facing German reunification, which foreign leader said: "We defeated the Germans twice! And now they're back!"
Margaret Thatcher ✓
Mikhail Gorbachev ✓
George H.W. Bush ✓
François Mitterand ✓
The others were less skeptic. Bush strongly supported the process.
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