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A former catholic priest who changed the face of theology and started the Protestant Reformation.
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Johannes Gutenberg creates his printing press in Mainz which introduces wide spread written media into German culture.
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This stated that the only thing that could be put into beer was water, barely and hops.
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Martin Luther presents his 95 Theses that oppose certain practices of the Catholic church, which started the protestant movement.
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Famous German composer. Became Cantor of the Thomasschule at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig,
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Famous German Philosopher who wrote Critique of Reason and other works.
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The famous writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe lived during this time.
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Famous Classical Austrian composer
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German Idealist Philosopher known for Absolute Idealism.
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Goethe's novel, became a best seller world wide.
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Also King of Prussia
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These wars raveged on through out Europe and had an impact on Germany especially when Napoleon's troops marched through the lands on his way to Russia.
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This principle would effect German citizenship.
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famous German pianist and composer of the Romanic Era
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Also King of Prussia.
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Otto von Bismarck was Chancellor of the Reich
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Acquired through decent.
Ethnic comparision instead of soil.
Excluded Austria's German speakers but included Polish speakers in Prussia.
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Life of the ruler of the Third Reich started in Austria-Hungary and ended by suicide in is bunker in Berlin.
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Chemist Dr. Felix Hoffmann discovered acetylsalicyclic acid
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Poety of the post-expressionist era.
His first collection of poetry was Die Hauspostille, and the type was "gebrachslyrik" which was "useful poetry". Published 1927.
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Group of expressionists that located in Dresden. Wanted to "bridge" the past to the present with the classical style with more modern expression.
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Movement leading up to expressionism in German art featuring a blue horse with a matching rider.
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They were the largest party in the Reichstag and won 84.5%. (Date 12/31 just added to mark time, not actual date)
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Assassination by a Serbian group called "The Black Hand"
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On the western front there was a Christmas truce between the Germans and the allied British and French where they exchanged gifts, buried the dead, and sang Christmas carols.
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increased education for women, and many women becoming workers in the professions.
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Revolution after WWI, moving towards democracy.
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Defeated by German military.
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Men and women are given a chance to elect a representative government, and pushed for social democracy.
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Germany was put under conditions which restricted its military greatly and they had a lot of money in repirations to pay.
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this leads to the take over of the National Socialists.
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There were over 20,000 books burned outside of Berlin's opera house as a pro-National Socialist protest against modernization.
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Laws prohibiting the Jews from certain rights and from their citizenship
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Anti-Jewish program, destroying Jewish private properties and synagogues.
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Added to Death Sentences which resulted from harsh laws.
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These parts were separately controlled by the British, French, Americans and Soviets.
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Most well known poem of Holocaust
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Greatly influenced the movement of hermeticism in poetry
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Germany's Basic Law (Grundggesetz) went into effect
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Came from some of Benn's ideas that art obeys its own rules.
Pushed towards abstractism and elitism.
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For men over the age of 18. Varying length of service.
Objectors can do public service. -
No mention of a German nation
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(actual date) bringing together East and West Germany
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directed by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder
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begining of the Alliance between the "Rot" Social Democrats and the "Gruen" Alliance 90/The Greens.
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voluntarily 677 women join the armed forces.
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a lecture given that influenced hermetic poetry.
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