UCSB Hist 133C Prof. Marcuse
GERMAN HISTORY SINCE 1945 Nov. 17, 1998

Lecture 15: From Reform to Unification

1. Administrative / Announcements / Preliminary
   • Q4
   • tonight and tomorrow: (Nov. 17 & 18): "Nasty Girl" in Girvetz 1115, 7:00-8:40pm
     true story of Anja Rosmus of Passau ("Filzingen": filzen=examine closely; verfilzt=tangled)
   • Journal assignment change: not next Tuesday. Rather: ONLY 2 Entries, due Tue, 1 Dec.
2. Discussion of Bornemann: Fear, Guilt and Revenge
   • relation behavior during the regime -> response afterwards
3. Discussion of Philipsen: Emergence of an Idea
   • How did the "movement" start? Issues?
   • Relationship Berlin as center vs. regional cities
4. Chronological handout from lasttime
   • 15 Jan. 1989; GDR version: freedom is the insight into necessity
   • slogans
   • Kohl's 28 Nov. 1989 10-point-plan
5. 3 Phases of Unification
   • political groundwork for (unconditional) annexation (19 March 1990 and 8 May elections)
   • economic groundwork for unification (currency union 1 July 1990)
   • formal and legal establishment of economic domination by imposing W. German law;
     treaty/contract between 2 German states (2 Oct. 1990); consummated in all-German election