Sources

  1. Who Is to Blame for the Korean Conflict? (July 11, 1950)

  2. Discussion between German Chancellor Adenauer and American High Commissioner McCloy (July 12, 1950)

  3. Article on the Debate over German Rearmament (September 14, 1950)

  4. Article by a Student on German Rearmament (November 16, 1950)

  5. Stalin’s Message of Peace (February 18, 1951)

  6. Korean War: Combat for the Sake of Losses (April 11, 1951)

  7. Western Declaration on Germany, the European Defense Community, and Berlin (May 27, 1952)

  8. Following Several Kidnappings, Minister Jakob Kaiser Demands Stricter Border Security (July 16, 1952)

  9. Propaganda Posters for the Planned European Defense Community (April 1953)

  10. Letter from Eisenhower to Adenauer on the Outcome of the Washington Conference (July 25, 1953)

  11. A Warning to Commuter Train Passengers heading towards the Eastern Zone (1953)

  12. Soviet-German Communiqué (August 23, 1953)

  13. Statement by the Foreign Ministers of the Western Powers on the Berlin Conference (February 20, 1954)

  14. Protocol on the Accession of the Federal Republic of Germany to the North Atlantic Treaty (Paris, October 23, 1954)

  15. Entry into NATO (October 23, 1954)

  16. Protocol Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty (Paris, October 23, 1954)

  17. May Day Rally on Marx-Engels Square in East Berlin (May 1, 1955)

  18. The Warsaw Pact (May 14, 1955)

  19. GDR Radio Broadcast on the Founding of the Warsaw Pact (May 15, 1955)

  20. The Establishment of the National People’s Army (January 18, 1956)

  21. Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and Defense Minister Theodor Blank Visit the First Bundeswehr Training Battalion (January 20, 1956)

  22. The First Soldiers of the National People’s Army (NVA) are Sworn In (April 30, 1956)

  23. “No Experiments!” CDU Election Campaign Ad (1957)

  24. Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauß during a Bundeswehr Maneuver in Lüneburg Heath (September 1958)

  25. Interviews with Citizens of the Federal Republic on the Soviet Peace Initiative (January 16, 1960)