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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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Last updated: December 28, 2019
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| First submitted | October 17, 2019 |
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1. Which year is often remembered as the one that started a process of openly dealing with the Nazi era?
Student protests took place in many countries that year, and they were often directed against conservative parents. The German youth had a special reason.
1949
2015
1968
1992
2. Which decision made by Willy Brandt in 1971 met fierce opposition?
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.
Rebuilding an army
Renouncing land claims in Poland
Utilizing nuclear energy
3. Chancellor Schröder refused to join the United States in which war?
Strangely, German Shepherds were not renamed Freedom Shepherds in the US.
Afghanistan
Iraq (2003)
Kosovo
Vietnam
4. Which initiative greatly helped Germany recover from World War 2?
Marshall Plan
McArthur Plan
Eisenhower Plan
Patton Plan
5. What was West Germany's capital?
West Berlin
Bonn
Aachen
Frankfurt
6. What kind of "miracle" happened during the 1950s?
Diplomatic
Military
Economic
Cultural
7. Who said that he was a Berliner (or a jelly doughnut, depending on what you want to hear)?
Ronald Reagan
Charles de Gaulle
John F. Kennedy
Mikhail Gorbachev
8. Which fact about third chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger is true?
Kiesinger joined enthusiastically in 1933, although he was later denounced as a "hamperer of actions against the Jews" by his colleagues.
He used to be a member of the Nazi party.
He later became UN general secretary.
He was assassinated.
9. Why did chancellor Willy Brandt fall to his knees?
He had a heart attack during a speech
He apologised for WW2 crimes
He was looking for coins on the ground
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?
the name for ongoing war reparations
a far-left terrorist group
a series of censorship legislations
12. What was the Stasi?
the denazification program
the name of allied-occupied Berlin
the East German secret police
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 Humiliation
A Day of Glory
A Day of Liberation
A Day of Defeat
15. Which region has been known for its increased neo-Nazi activity since at least the 1990s?
the Ruhr Area
Berlin
Bavaria
Eastern Germany (the former GDR)
16. Facing German reunification, which foreign leader said: "We defeated the Germans twice! And now they're back!"
The others were less skeptic. Bush strongly supported the process.
Margaret Thatcher
François Mitterand
George H.W. Bush
Mikhail Gorbachev
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