Further Resources on German Unity
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Interested in learning more about German Unity or traveling to Germany to see it for yourself? These institutions provide excellent and comprehensive information in English about Germany's unification 20 years ago and the state of German unity today.
Stiftung Aufarbeitung: 20 Years of German Untiy
The Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur is a government-funded foundation whose mission is to appraise the causes, history and impact of dictatorship in East Germany. The foundation has published a special English edition of its newsletter, which provides a comprehensive overview of the history of German unity and events across Germany marking the 20th anniversary of German Unity.
Download the Newsletter (PDF)
German Historical Institute (GHI) - Washington, DC
The GHI's "German History in Documents and Images" project provides selected primary sources in English relating to the peaceful revolution of 1989 and German unification. Newspaper reports, government documents and first-hand accounts put in context by a series of essays by prominent historians.
German History in Documents and Images
George Mason University: Center for History and New Media
"Making the History of 1989," a project of George Mason University's Center for History and New Media, provides original documents and essays that tell the story of the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, including German unification.
Center for History and NewMedia
Goethe-Institut: German-German History
The Goethe-Institut's German-German history page contains over a dozen articles about various aspects of German unification ranging from the way Germans have dealt with the legacy of the Stasi to the way unification changed the face of German cities and towns to the way a new generation views German unity.
German-German History
