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Germany, c. 1945-1960

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Introduction:
"Ten questions on Germany after World War II."


1. When did the Allies and the Germans sign something equivalent to a peace treaty?
    1955
    1990
    1951
    1972


2. When were the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic founded?
    1946
    1949
    1952
    1955


3. One of the biggest problems in 1945-47 in Germany was the rubble that made transport very difficult in nearly all major cities. Who cleared it?
    Cheap labour drafted in from Asia
    German prisoners of war (POWs)
    German women
    The occupation troops


4. From which of these countries were large numbers of Germans forcibly expelled in 1945-47?
    Poland
    All of these countries
    Czechoslovakia
    Yugoslavia (as it was then)


5. Who was the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic (West Germany)?
    Ludwig Ehrhardt
    Gustav Stresemann
    Konrad Adenauer
    Walther Rathenau


6. In which year was there an uprising in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)?
    1953
    1949
    1968
    1956


7. Food rationing in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was abolished in 1950, four years earlier than in the UK.
    True
    False


8. Which city was the capital of the Federal Republic (West Germany) till some years after reunification?
    Frankfurt am Main
    Bonn
    West Berlin
    Heidelberg


9. The "Hallstein Doctine" insisted that there was only one Germany - the Federal Republic (West Germany). As a result any country that recognized the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) was (at least initially) NOT recognized by the Federal Republic.
    True
    False


10. The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) was a founder member of the European Economic Community (EEC).
    True
    False


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