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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?
1992
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2015
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1968
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1949
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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
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Renouncing land claims in Poland
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Rebuilding an army
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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?
Kosovo
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Afghanistan
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Iraq (2003)
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Vietnam
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Strangely, German Shepherds were not renamed Freedom Shepherds in the US.
4.
Which initiative greatly helped Germany recover from World War 2?
McArthur Plan
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Eisenhower Plan
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Marshall Plan
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Patton Plan
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5.
What was West Germany's capital?
Frankfurt
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Aachen
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Bonn
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West Berlin
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6.
What kind of "miracle" happened during the 1950s?
Economic
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Military
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Cultural
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Diplomatic
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7.
Who said that he was a Berliner (or a jelly doughnut, depending on what you want to hear)?
Ronald Reagan
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Charles de Gaulle
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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John F. Kennedy
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8.
Which fact about third chancellor Kurt-Georg Kiesinger is true?
He used to be a member of the Nazi party.
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He was assassinated.
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He later became UN general secretary.
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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
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He apologised for WW2 crimes
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He had a heart attack during a speech
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10.
What happened during the Munich Summer Olympics in 1972?
It was interrupted by student riots
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East and West Germany almost went to war
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Palestine terrorists killed Israeli athletes
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11.
West Germany was plagued by the RAF in the 1970s. What was it?
the name for ongoing war reparations
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a far-left terrorist group
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a series of censorship legislations
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12.
What was the Stasi?
the name of allied-occupied Berlin
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the East German secret police
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the denazification program
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13.
Who were Günter Grass, Heinrich Böll and Christa Wolf?
Journalists
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Politicians
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Philosophers
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Writers
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14.
What did president Richard von Weizsäcker define May 8, 1945 in a 40th anniversary speech?
A Day of Defeat
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A Day of Humiliation
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A Day of Liberation
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A Day of Glory
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15.
Which region has been known for its increased neo-Nazi activity since at least the 1990s?
the Ruhr Area
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Bavaria
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Eastern Germany (the former GDR)
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Berlin
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16.
Facing German reunification, which foreign leader said: "We defeated the Germans twice! And now they're back!"
George H.W. Bush
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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François Mitterand
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Margaret Thatcher
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The others were less skeptic. Bush strongly supported the process.
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