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Historys Most Momentous Press Conference
German Joys —
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Daniel Johnson has a entertaining, highly subjective tick-tock of the events leading to the collapse of the Berlin Wall, and his own part in them: Most of the questions came from tame East German journalists and the wait for a...2 days ago -
The Value of History
New at LacusCurtius & Livius —
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9 November 1989 Yesterday, Europe celebrated that twenty years ago, Germany was reunited. Like so many people, I have fond memories of it. I had been in Berlin a couple of months before the Wall fell, and somehow I had sensed that change was in the air. The VoPos had been friendlier than during my earlier visits, at ...2 days ago -
American Ex-Pat View Of The Fall of the Wall
The Political and Financial Markets Commentator —
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Below is a note sent to me today by Bill Dawson, one of my regular readers in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of the German History Blog , and offered this picture, note and other resources dedicated to this anniversary of an extraordinary day 20 years ago. The fall of the Berlin Wall. As he mentions below, it is ...3 days ago -
American Ex-Pat View Of The Fall of the Wall
American Conservative Daily —
Authority: 501
Below is a note sent to me today by Bill Dawson, one of my regular readers in Vienna, Austria. He is the author of the German History Blog , and offered this picture, note and other resources dedicated to this anniversary of an extraordinary day 20 years ago. The fall of the Berlin Wall. As he mentions below, it is ...3 days ago -
Population Shifts in the East
German Joys —
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Clay Risen continues his series of reports from Germany (which appear in different outlets) with this guardedly optimistic take on East Germanys economy: The east isn’t lagging so much as diversifying, with some areas nearly even with the west and...3 days ago -
French Chassepot 1866 “Needle Gun”
Dummidumbwit's Weblog —
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French Chassepot 1866 “Needle Gun” French Soldier with Chassepot 1866 Rifle French 1866 Model Chassepot “Needle Gun” The Chassepot , officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt action military breechloading rifle, famous as the arm of the French ...5 days ago -
Adolf Salis Schwabe 1800 – 1853
Sue Young Homeopathy —
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Adolf Salis Schwabe 1800 – 1853 was a German Jew who converted to Unitarianism , a calico printer and philanthropist, born in Berlin and an immigrant to Manchester, he was a Patron of the Manchester Homeopathic Hospital and Dispensary in 1851, Chairman of the Manchester School of Free Traders , Salis ...1 week ago -
Radio Feature on Cultureless, Square-Headed Americans
German Joys —
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Last night, WDR5s Doc5 series broadcase an interesting and thoroughly-researched feature (g) on anti-Americanism in Germany by Klaus Jürgen Haller. Haller focused, in particular, on the deep historical roots of the idea that Americans are a cultureless or rootless people....2 weeks ago -
Risen on Hermann
German Joys —
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Clay Risen continues his fine series of pieces on modern-day Germany by visiting the Hermannsdenkmal: As in most countries, there are two types of national anniversaries in Germany: those people would rather remember, and those they’d like to forget. The...4 weeks ago -
George Adolph Weber 1801 – 1879
Sue Young Homeopathy —
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George Adolph Weber (sometimes referred to as J A or J H Weber) 1801? – 1879? MD Professor of Theory and Practice of Medicine at the University of Freyburg , Privy Counsellor and Royal Physician to Ernest Augustus I King of Hanover and Prince von Solms Lich and Hohen Solms, Consultant Physician at hospitals ...8 weeks ago
