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Government and political parties
  • Bundesregierung Deutschland -- The Federal Government; contain news and publications, in German and English

  • Bundespraesident -- Federal President, in German

  • Social Democratic Party -- In German

  • Christian Democratic Union, Germany -- In German and English

  • Christian Social Union -- In German

  • Alliance 90/The Greens -- In German

  • Free Democratic Party - The Liberals -- In German

  • Party of the Democratic Socialism -- In German

  • Further information: Governments on the WWW: Germany


  • Reunification and Contemporary German History
  • The Armonk Institute -- Contains articles on German history including reunification issues, info on conferences, study materials and German links

  • The New Germany in the New Europe -- SAIS Review 15 Special Issue, Fall 1995

  • Germany since reunification -- Article by Mark Blacksell, from online journal Europa
  • The German Problem, German Reunification and European Integration -- Article by By Paul Conneely, University of Limerick
  • Glastnost -- German information source for politics, history and the media, in German
  • Top Priority - Rebuilding Eastern Germany -- Interview from Deutchland magazine with Rolf Schwanitz, minister of state at the federal chancellery
  • German Unification: A Reassessment -- Article by William C. Wohlforth, Georgetown University
  • Current Perspectives on Reunited Germany -- Article by Laura B. Koetter, Monroe Scholar, College of William and Mary
  • German reunification and opportunities for reform: an epilogue -- Article by Prof. Dr. Marlis Durkop
  • German Unification: Five Years After -- Originally presented as a lecture at Santa Rosa Junior College and Sonoma State University in November of 1994 by Adolph N. Hofmann
  • Eastern Germany: "This isn't How We Imagined It" -- Article written by Thomas Perry Thornton, Johns Hopkins University
  • How the Four Powers Accomplished German Unification -- Article by Ulrich Albrecht, Freie Universitat Berlin
  • Still Divided: Germany Ten Years After the Fall of the Wall -- Article from German Life magazine
  • Virtual Library Zeitgeschichte -- Articles and links on modern German history by Thomas Erdmann Fischer, in German
  • Documents Relating to Germany -- Collection of articles complied by Vincent Ferraro, Mount Holyoke College
  • Forum Ostdeutschland der Sozialdemokratie e.V. -- The Social Democrat Forum Eastern Germany concerns itself with the ecological, economic, cultural and social situation in eastern Germany, in German
  • German Studies Web -- From Dartmouth, includes links to numerous sources for the study of German speaking countries

  • The Wall
  • Frederik Ramm - Fall of the Berlin Wall -- Featuring more than 60 photos and 70+ newspaper articles from the days after the 9th of November, 1989
  • The Fall of the Berlin Wall -- A Personal Account by writer Andreas Ramos
  • The Berlin Wall History in Text and Pictures -- Student site featuring photographs and maps
  • Europe in Motion -- From Artists for Freedom: an art collection related to the Berlin Wall; includes several articles on the history of Europe
  • The Berlin Wall -- Includes tours, maps, history, gallery, chat and newsroom information. In German and some English
  • The Berlin Wall, 10 Years after -- Contains articles, history, movies and a schedule of events commemorating the 10th anniversary
  • Berlin.de -- Contains visitor information, articles and schedules of events. In German and English
  • German Historical Institute, Washington, DC -- Contains a calendar of upcoming workshops, lists of publications and library resources for historical research in Germany
  • The Year the Wall Came Down -- A collection of articles reflecting on the fall of the wall ten years later
  • BiW: The Berlin Wall -- Berlin wall info including background, construction and measurements, from Dr. Burkhard Kirste, lecturer at the Freie Universitat Berlin
  • Chris De Witt's Berlin Wall Website -- Contains images, an essay and archived previous versions
  • The House at the Bridge: A Story of Modern Germany by Katie Hafner -- Site devoted to a book telling the story of a house 50 feet from the Berlin wall; contains maps, images and links
  • The Vanishing Berlin Wall/East Side Gallery -- Site dedicated to preserving the East Side Gallery, one of the few surviving pieces of the Wall still standing and relatively intact
  • Berlin Wall Online -- Includes pictures, links, historical facts and tourist information on the wall from 1961 to the present