But there is no line between France and Germany, that is, no actual line.

`` Ah, then please tell me where the frontier is because this gentleman here '' -- I indicated the French occupation officer -- `` informs me that Germany is just on the other side of him ''.

He is dedicated to building the nation's strength and, as are all West Germans, to a free Berlin and to reunion with captive East Germany.

The question left by the election is whether West Germany veers slightly toward more firmness or more flexibility.

But there is nothing we can do to stop Soviet Russia from granting de facto recognition to East Germany.

The weekly loss is partly counterbalanced by 500 arrivals each week from West Germany, but the hard truth, says Crossman, is that `` The closing off of East Berlin without interference from the West and with the use only of East German, as distinct from Russian, troops was a major Communist victory, which dealt West Berlin a deadly, possibly a fatal, blow.

This leader must be a man who lives above illusions that heretofore have shaped the foreign policy of the United States, namely that Russia will agree to a reunited Germany, that the East German government does not exist, that events in Japan in June 1960 were Communist-inspired, that the true government of China is in Formosa, that Mao was the evil influence behind Khrushchev at the Summit Conference in Paris in May 1960, and that either China or Russia wants or expects war.

Kant is not generally considered to be a modern anthropologist, however, as he never left his region of Germany nor did he study any cultures besides his own, and in fact, describes the need for anthropology as a corollary field to his own primary field of philosophy.

A street sign in Vienna, " Fußgeher " is normally replaced with " Fußgänger " ( in English " Pedestrian ") in Germany.

With German being a pluricentric language, Austrian dialects should not be confused with the variety of Standard German spoken by most Austrians, which is distinct from that of Germany or Switzerland.

In the variant of German that is spoken in Germany, the words stehen ( to stand ) and gestehen ( to confess ) are identical in the present perfect: habe gestanden.

Viennese, the Austro-Bavarian dialect of Vienna, is most frequently used in Germany for impersonations of the typical inhabitant of Austria.

The Rutherford films are frequently repeated on television in Germany, and in that country Miss Marple is generally identified with Rutherford's quirky portrayal.

* Liberation Day in Italy-April 25 is a National Holiday that celebrates the end of the Nazi Germany occupation in the Northern Italy.

* 1993 – Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany

While the term's etymology might suggest that antisemitism is directed against all Semitic peoples, the term was coined in the late 19th century in Germany as a more scientific-sounding term for Judenhass (" Jew-hatred "),

Germany is Armenia ’ s largest trading partner among EU member states, accounting for 7. 2 percent of trade ; this is due largely to mining exports.

* 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.

Abensberg () is a town in the Lower Bavarian district of Kelheim, in Bavaria, Germany, lying around 30 km southwest of Regensburg, 40 km east of Ingolstadt, 50 northwest of Landshut and 100 km north of Munich.

Aventinus, whose name was real name is Johann or Johannes Turmair ( Aventinus being the Latin name of his birthplace ) wrote the Annals of Bavaria, a valuable record of the early history of Germany and the first major written work on the subject.

* 1780 – The University of Münster in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is founded.

The world's highest brick tower of St. Martin's Church, Landshut | St. Martin's Church in Landshut, Germany, completed in 1500

The five top European leagues – the Premier League ( England ), La Liga ( Spain ), Serie A ( Italy ), the Bundesliga ( Germany ) and Ligue 1 ( France ) – attract most of the world's best players and each of the leagues has a total wage cost in excess of £ 600 million /€ 763 million / US $ 1. 185 billion.

Germany has one of the world's highest levels of education, technological development, and economic productivity.

Of the world's 500 largest stock market listed companies measured by revenue, the Fortune Global 500, 37 are headquartered in Germany.

Germany is a founding member of the EU, the G8 and the G20 and was the world's largest exporter from 2003 to 2008.

High-speed vehicular traffic has a long tradition in Germany given that the first freeway ( Autobahn ) in the world, the AVUS, and the world's first automobile were developed and built in Germany.

Germany is one of the world's strongest supporters for ecological awareness in response to climate change and global warming.

As a free democracy and market economy, the world's largest exporting nation and the world's third-richest economy ( nominal GDP ) ( behind the U. S. and Japan ), Germany shares the interest and institutions of a free and secure world trade.

Nazi Germany brought the world's attention to what eventually became the class of firearm most widely adopted by the military: the assault rifle ( see StG 44 ).

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 to 1991 leaves the United States as the world's single superpower and triggers the fall of the Iron Curtain, the reunification of Germany and an accelerated process of a European integration that is ongoing.

Based on its leadership in chemical research in the universities and industrial laboratories, Germany became dominant in the world's chemical industry in the late 19th century.

Two states emerged: West Germany was a parliamentary democracy, a NATO member, a founding member of what since became the European Union and one of the world's largest economies, while East Germany was a totalitarian Communist dictatorship that was a satellite of Moscow.

Based on its leadership in chemical research in the universities and industrial laboratories, Germany became dominant in the world's chemical industry in the late 19th century.

The development of the world's first practical design for an ICBM, A9 / 10, intended for use in bombing New York and other American cities, was undertaken in Nazi Germany by the team of Wernher von Braun under Projekt Amerika.

In 2010, Monocle ranked Munich as the world's most livable city ( in 2012, Munich was ranked fifth in Monocle's ranking, yet remained the highest ranked city in Germany ).

The same company also ranks Munich as the world's 39th most expensive city to live in and the most expensive major city in Germany.

* 1891 – The International Electro-Technical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electrical current ( the most common form today ).

Italy is the world's largest exporter of pasta ; in 2007, it exported 1. 7 million tons of pasta, and the largest export markets were Germany ( 20. 4 %), France ( 13. 7 %), the United Kingdom ( 12. 6 %), the United States ( 9. 5 %), and Japan ( 4. 25 %).

By 1938 it was clear that war was looming, and that Germany had the world's most powerful military.

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* March 22 – The world's first Television program is transmitted from the Funkturm in Berlin, Germany.