The document provides an overview of the history of West Germany under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer from 1949 to 1963. It discusses how Adenauer prioritized integrating West Germany into Western military and economic alliances like NATO and the EEC to secure the country from the Soviet threat. It also describes West Germany's "Economic Miracle" period of rapid growth and reconstruction in the 1950s. The challenges of confronting and integrating those with Nazi pasts is also summarized.

1. History of Germany Lecture: Adenauer Germany

7. Kurt Schumacher (1895-1952), the leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Konrad Adenauer (1876-1967), the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)

9. 1949 Elections August 14, 1949 16 9,1% Sonstige 10 3,1% Zentrum 17 4,2% BP 17 4,0% DP 5 1,8% DRP 15 5,7% KPD/DKP 52 11,9% FDP 131 29,2% SPD 139 31,0% CDU/CSU deputies % Party

10. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, Minister of Economics Ludwig Erhard, President Theodor Heuss

13. 1957 1953

17. 1956 The fight for the rearmament of Germany

19. Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle, 1962 Reims

24. Cologne 1945

29. The German actor Gert Fröbe in Berliner Ballad (1948) Gert Fröbe in the 1960‘s

32. Nazi Past Hans Globke (1898-1973) Wrote in 1935 a commentary to the Nuremberg laws Director of the Federal Chancellery, 1953-1963 Theodor Oberländer (1905-1998) Advising officer of the Wehrmacht on minority questions (Eastern Front) Minister for Displaced Persons and Refugees (1953-1960)

36. 1951 1956 – 1958: 96 youth riots in major German cities 1956

38. 1956 Americanisation Peter Kraus

40. Ludwig Erhard (1897-1977) Minister of Economy, 1949-1963 Bundeskanzler, 1963-1966 Willy Brandt (1913-1992) Mayor of Berlin, 1957-1966 Bundeskanzler, 1966-1972

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