GER 1790 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Hallstein Doctrine, New Social Movements, Group 47
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Lecture 15: 1968 and the new social movements in west germany. Economic miracle (germany became a society of consumers) Refugees from east germany to the fdr until the building of the berlin wall. Transformations of the 1950s and 1960s in west germany: The group 47 was a new kind of german literature. Treaties of paris allowed germany to regain sovereignty. Hallstein doctrine: only west germany is the legitimate germany. Agency for investigating nazi crimes in ludwigsburg was created in 1958. Events in the soviet bloc in 1968: soviet tanks invade czechoslovakia officer kurras. People protested against old guard in politics and society. Solidarity with the struggles in the third world. On june 2, 1967 the shah of iran visited germany, and student benno ohnesorg was shot by police. Student leader rudi dutschke was shot in april of 1968. New social movements (peace movement, environmentalism, squatters, etc. )
