Consolidation under Adenauer und Erhard, 1949-65 - intro + timeline Flashcards
What period did the FRG & GDR discuss/negotiate unification?
1949-1950s
What stopped the discussion about unification?
each developed increasing no. of econ & political bonds that tied them to the West/USSR
espc. as Cold War hardened
When was Comecon set up + what is it?
Jan 1949
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the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance set up between the USSR & its satellite states
When was NATO set up + what is it?
4 April 1949
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization = an anti-communist alliance of Western countries
When were the first elections to the Bundestag?
14 August 1949
- FRG governed separately from the Soviet zone
When was the constitution of the GDR announced and first elections held?
7 October 1949
When did the GDR join Comecon?
September 1950
When was the FRG allowed to make its own foreign policy?
1951
(previously under the control of the Allied High Commission)
When did the FRG join the European Coal and Steel Community?
1951
(with France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg setting up preferential trade links between these countries)
When did the FRG join NATO?
9 May 1955
- all Allies withdraw
When was the FRG officially self-governing?
9 May 1955
When/what was the Hallstein Doctrine?
said that the FRG represents all of Germany in world affairs & will not have diplomatic relations w countries that recognise the GDR as a government
When was the FRG one of the founder members of the EEC?
25 March 1957
(European Economic Community)
When did the GDR put up the Berlin Wall?
night of 12/13 August 1961
- originally made of barbed wire & blocks becomes a series of concrete walls with checkpoints and crossing points
How long did it take Adenauer to respond to the situation regarding the Wall?
9 days
- despite many families being stranded on either side
vs.
Willy Brandt (SPD) protests about the Wall the next day
