Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: The Marshall Plan for Rebuilding Western Europe [Pdf]
Activity in which students draw upon informational text to analyze the purpose of the Marshall Plan and evaluate the impact it had on Western Europe and U.S. foreign relations. Then apply that knowledge to consider what the priorities of...
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Deutsches Historisches Museum: Deutsche Geschichte in Bildern Und Zeugnissen
This German-language resource presents information about various time periods in German history. Read in English by clicking "English" at the top of the page.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: 8 May 1945 Collapse and New Beginning
The end of the war and the early post-war period of 1945/46 is reflected in these posters shown in an imformative photographic exhibit.
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Wiederaufbau Und Wirtschaft
Focussing on the years 1945-49, this site from the Lebendiges Museum Online describes the happenings in East and West Germany. Written in German.
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Marshallplan
This site from the Lebendiges Museum Online describes the whats and hows of the Marshall Plan and the reactions to it in Germany. Written in German
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Potsdamer Konferenz
This site from the Lebendiges Museum Online describes the events surrounding the Potsdam Conference which decided the future of the devided Germany. The site is entirely in German.
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Sed
This site, which is provided for by the Lebendiges Museum Online, gives information about the foundation of the SED born out of KPD and SPD in 1946.
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Le Mo: Entstehung Zweier Deutscher Staaten
This site from the Lebendiges Museum Online reflects on the factors that lead to the creation of two separate German States. Written in German.
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Lebendiges Museum Online: Kriegszerstorung
This site from the Lebendiges Museum Online describes the extent of damage caused to Germany by allied bombings. There is also a video. Written in German.
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Postwar Occupation and Division
The division of political views following World War II was both social and physical. Four Occupation Zones were located throughout Germany. The Allies worked diligently to ensure Germany would not destroy peace in the world again. This...
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Frg and Gdr
A concise account of the birth of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic in the years following World War II.
Mount Holyoke College
Post War Ii Years
Pictures of the post-war years in Germany. Some of the pictures are clickable which give you more information on what Germany was like after the war.