GERMANY

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

• Government: Federal Republic– Vote– 16 States– Division of Power

• Reichstag (Parliament)• Capital: Berlin• Other cities: Hamburg,

Munich, Frankfurt• President & Chancellor• Population: 82 million• Life expectancy: 79• Euro• Language: German• 99% literate

• Neuschwanstein– Walt Disney used for castle

in “Sleeping Beauty”• Dachau– 1st concentration camp– 1933– NOT designed to kill (work)

• CRIME: Holocaust denial• Ulm Cathedral– Tallest church in world

• Autobahn– Highway system– No speed limit• Only recommend 80 mph

• Oktoberfest– 16 – 18 days– End September to start of

October– World’s largest fair– 5 million people– 7 million liters beer

1936 Summer Olympics• Held in Germany• Hitler wanted to prove ARYAN RACE

the BESTJesse Owens• American, African American runner

who won 4 gold medals• Crushed Aryan Myth• RACE ISSUE in U.S.Berlin Wall - 1961• Berlin (capital)• Divided in half after WWII

– East Berlin (USSR – Communist)– West Berlin (U.S. – Democracy)

• Wall built around West Berlin to prevent skilled workers from escaping East Berlin