Helmut Kohl

European history

July 1st, 1990: Germany preparing for reunification on October 3rd

Flying Dutchman - July 1, 2020

The economic, currency and social union between the FRG and the GDR on July 1st, 1990 paved the way to reunification on October 3rd.

Culture

Some thoughts about political humor

Flying Dutchman - June 6, 2020

Political humor thrives much better under authoritarian governments or in exceptional situations than in democracies under normal circumstances.

British history

Germany 1945: surrender or liberation?

Flying Dutchman - May 8, 2020

There’s hardly any controversy about Germany’s unconditional surrender in May 1945 anymore, but that’s mostly due to a very selective view of history.

German politics

Democracy à la Merkel

Flying Dutchman - May 5, 2020

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, raised in a communist household in a communist state, never fully understood real democracy. The recent scandalous events in Thuringia proved it again.

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