Report about German History

by Collen Thipa Selala

To start with, History has for no reason been my desired subject at primary and secondary, nevertheless my short stay in Germany saw me falling in love with this area under discussion for the first instant in time. If ever there is a moment that I should consider to be my highlight since I come to Germany, then off course, a class in relation to German History would be one on my first inclinations from the list of my items thanks to Stefan Anders as well as the organisers.

The seminar was facilitated by Stefan Anders, who captivated our concentration by circulating European and chiefly German maps, screening videos to make it trouble-free for us to understand what the he was talking about. The class atmosphere was calm - which indicates that everyone was awfully paying special attention.

Understanding German in just 90 minutes wasn't an easy thing. Let me take you through some of the highlights that I learned in that class because der Unterricht hat mir die Augen geöffnet (the lesson has opened my eyes).

The early history of Germany states that some of the countries were well thought-out to be part of Germany, e.g. the French city, Strasbourg, and a part of Poland were part of the German Emperor. It makes sense to distinguish German history into three Emperors: the first Empire was set up in 800 and the second in 1870/71 - 1918 were Roman-German Empire and German Empire correspondingly. The third Empire existed in 1933 - 1945. The Holy Roman Empire was an attempt to breathe new life into the Western Roman Empire; however the empire and the imperial office did not become made official for some decades.

In January 1919, a National Assembly was nominated to rough copy a charter. The government, composed of members from the assembly, came to be called the Weimar coalition and built-in the SPD; the German Democratic Party (Deutsche Demokratische Partei--DDP), a successor of the Progressive Party of the pre-war period; and the Center Party.

Propaganda was a big question assorted with patriotism and superiority and there were also enormous economic problems. Hitler rapidly changed the Weimar Republic into a tyranny. On May 8, 1945, the German folks were all of a sudden tackled by a situation never before experienced in their history: the whole German territory was occupied by foreign armies. GDR border police opened Berlin Wall on the 9th November 1989.

Zu der Einsicht kommen, (to come to the conclusion) I never liked History, but from now on I am a bit familiar with it. People, never be afraid of things that you were just that they are difficulf, because I was just told that it is no good to learn about History - peer pressure. Strive and fall short but never fail to try.