German History

“Kaiser Wilhelm II, 1913 (colorized)”

Germany is represented by many official and unofficial symbols, which symbolize the country’s long and rich culture and history.

East German border guards refusing to shake hands at Checkpoint Charlie.

The abdicated Kaiser Wilhelm II aged 81 in 1940 at his home in the Netherlands. #history Credi

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Baden-Württemberg, Land (state) in southwestern Germany. Baden-Württemberg is bordered by the states of Rhineland-Palatinate to the northwest, Hessen to the north, and Bavaria to the east and by the countries of Switzerland to the south and France to the west. The state’s capital is Stuttgart. Area 13,804 square miles (35,752 square km). Pop. (2011) 10,486,660. Formed under post-World War II occupational rule and confirmed by referendum in December 1951, Baden-Württemberg consists of three…

01. During WW2, a German soldier named Fritz Christen stood his ground for 3 straight days and knocked out 13 Soviet tanks and killed nearly 100 enemy soldiers single-handedly. #worldwar2 #ww2 #secondworldwar #battle #history #war

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Although the photograph speaks for itself, context is still necessary in order to understand all the circumstances surrounding it and the gravity of it. In the image captured, a woman is seen to be openly harassed by two Soviet soldiers, near the West Hall section of the Leipzig Hauptbahnhof central railway terminus. Sadly, it was not an isolated incident - the mass rapes took place in the occupied German territory during and after the war. The act of rape, as per historians, is oftentimes…