Sources

  1. First German People’s Congress “For German Unity and a Just Peace” in Admiralspalast in East Berlin (December 6-7, 1947)

  2. Second German People’s Congress in Admiralspalast in East Berlin (March 17-18, 1948)

  3. Authorization for Convocation of a Constituent Assembly in the Trizone (July 1, 1948)

  4. Conference of West German Minister Presidents in Koblenz (July 8, 1948)

  5. The “Koblenz Decisions” of the West German Minister Presidents (July 10, 1948)

  6. U.S. Delegation Minutes of the Meeting between the Western Military Governors and the German Minister Presidents regarding the German Reply to the London Documents (July 26, 1948)

  7. Opening Ceremony for the Parliamentary Council in the Museum König in Bonn (September 1, 1948)

  8. Autobahn Exit at Bonn with Directions to the Parliamentary Council (1948)

  9. Propaganda for the German People’s Council at the Neue Wache in Berlin (1949)

  10. Decisions of the Conference of the Foreign Ministers of the Three Western Powers in Washington, DC (April 8, 1949)

  11. Letter from the Military Governors to Dr. Konrad Adenauer, President of the Parliamentary Council, approving the Basic Law (May 12, 1949)

  12. Basic Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949/ Amendments 1956)

  13. Statement by Konrad Adenauer at the Meeting of Military Governors, Representatives of the Parliamentary Council, and Minister Presidents (May 12, 1949)

  14. Rally in Halle/Saale during the Elections to the Third German People’s Congress (May 15-16, 1949)

  15. Signing of the Basic Law [Grundgesetz] in the Pedagogical Academy in Bonn (May 23, 1949)

  16. Inauguration of Konrad Adenauer as the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (September 15, 1949)

  17. Speech by Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic, at a Reception Given by the Allied High Commissioners (September 21, 1949)

  18. Konrad Adenauer Leaving the Seat of the Allied High Commission after Receiving the New Occupation Statute (September 21, 1949)

  19. Announcement of the Impending Establishment of the German Democratic Republic (October 7, 1949)

  20. The Founding of the German Democratic Republic (October 7, 1949)

  21. Constitution of the German Democratic Republic (October 7, 1949)

  22. The National Anthem of the German Democratic Republic: “Auferstanden aus Ruinen” (1949)

  23. The Petersberg Agreement (November 22, 1949)

  24. Wilhelm Pieck Giving a Speech at Friedrichstadt-Palast in East Berlin (c. 1950)

  25. SPD Chairman Kurt Schumacher on the First Elections in the GDR (October 13, 1950)

  26. At the Border Crossing in Helmstedt (November 18, 1950)

  27. Theodor Heuss Arrives for an Inspection of the Hamburg Harbor (1950)

  28. Celebrating the “Miracle of Bern”: Soccer World Cup (July 4, 1954)