German reunification

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A set of four historical maps showing changes in Germany's territory and internal status from 1914 to 1990. Each map highlights Germany in yellow, illustrating its larger borders in 1914, reduced and redefined borders between 1920 and 1938, division into East and West Germany from 1945 to 1990, and reunified Germany in 1990, with surrounding European countries labeled for context.

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East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere signs the German reunification treaty at a table with U.S., British, Soviet, French, and West German officials seated beside him, while Mikhail Gorbachev and others look on in the background. National flags are displayed behind the group.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Thirty years after German reunification: population health between solidarity and global competitiveness.	Aakanksha Gaur	Nov 06, 2026
	Add new Web site: Brookings - How German reunification could change global capitalism today.	Emily Rodriguez	Mar 18, 2026
	Add new Web site: ABC listen - Counterpoint - The failure of German reunification.	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 02, 2025
	Add new Web site: European Parliament - European Parliament and the path to German reunification (PDF).	Aakanksha Gaur	Jul 25, 2025
	Add new Web site: Dalhousie Law Journal - The Reunification of Germany: Comments on a Legal Maze (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	Mar 21, 2025
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Thirty years after German reunification: population health between solidarity and global competitiveness.	Grace Young	Nov 14, 2024
	Add new Web site: Pew Research Center - Views of German Reunification.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 26, 2024
	Add new Web site: Centre virtuel de la connaissance sur l?Europe - The international issue of German reunification.	Gloria Lotha	May 02, 2024
	Add new Web site: World Economic Forum - German Reunification and the New Europe.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 21, 2024
	Add new Web site: University of Rostock - The Reunification of Germany.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: Academia - German Reunification: Welfare Gains and Losses East and West (PDF).	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 10, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia - German Reunification: 30 years.	Aakanksha Gaur	Sep 15, 2023
	Add new Web site: United States Institute of Peace - German Reunification: �It Was Nothing Short of a Miracle�.	Gloria Lotha	Aug 04, 2023
	New article added.	Michael Ray	Apr 04, 2023