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Proud Chapters in German History

Guess the moments in history that do Germany honor.
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Last updated: May 30, 2020
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Johannes Gutenberg invents this
Printing press
This "enlightened monarch" wins the Seven Years' War
Frederick the Great
This book by Goethe, about the sorrows of a young lover, is a smash hit across Europe
The Sorrows of Young Werther
Ludwig II. builds this castle that will become a template for Disney
Neuschwanstein
Prussian general Blücher helps Wellington defeat Napoleon at this battle
Waterloo
This "iron chancellor" introduces the world's first social security system
Otto von Bismarck
The world's first science-fiction feature film, directed in 1927 by Fritz Lang
Metropolis
Term for Germany's quick return to prosperity after WWII
Economic Miracle
This chancellor wins the Nobel Peace Prize for policies of reconciliation and apology
Willy Brandt
Foreign minister Fischer was famously "not convinced" that Iraq had these
Weapons of Mass Desctruction
This German is voted Most Valuable Player in the NBA
Dirk Nowitzki
Germany beats this team 7-1 at the World Cup
Brazil
Refugees, mainly from this country, are welcomed by applauding people in 2015
Syria
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#3: This classic book inspired emo vibes in the 18th century. Beware of spoilers: many hopeless lovers allegedly emulated Werther, who commits suicide at the end of the novel. This is known as the "Werther effect".
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#8: In all fairness, high growth rates were all but uncommon among industrial countries in the 1950s. Italy, Japan, Spain and others had their own "miracles".
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#9: Here's a photo of Brandt falling to his knees before a Warsaw war memorial.
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Last answer: "Bahnhofsklatscher" ("train station clapper") has since become a derogatory term used by right-wingers.