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*'''''[http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/section.cfm?section_id=14 Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Die Besatzungszeit und die Entstehung zweier Staaten]'''''
::''German History in Documents and Images: Occupation and the Emergence of Two States) ''
::Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
::(1945-1961; images, maps, [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=14&language=german German transcriptions] and [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=14&language=english English translations])
*'''[http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/section.cfm?section_id=15 <i>Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern:  Zwei deutsche Staaten</i>]'''
::''German History in Documents and Images: Two Germanies''
::Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
::(1961-1989; images, maps, [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=15&language=german German transcriptions] and [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=15&language=english English translations])
*'''[http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/section.cfm?section_id=16&language=english <i>Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern: Ein Deutschland in Europa</i>]'''
::''German History in Documents and Images: One Germany in Europe''
::Compiled by the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.
::(1989-present; images, maps, [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=16&language=german German transcriptions] and [http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/sub_docs.cfm?section_id=16&language=english English translations])
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*'''[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/History/subcollections/GerReconAbout.html Germany Under Reconstruction]'''
::Hundreds of publications in English and German from the period immediately following World War II.
::Part of the [http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/index.shtml University of Wisconsin Digital Collections]
::(Mostly 1946-1960; searchable or browseable database of facsimiles)
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*'''[http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook49.html Germany Since 1945]''' (Scroll down to <i>Germany</i>)
::A collection of primary documents from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html Internet Modern History Sourcebook].
::(1945 to the present; transcriptions and translations)
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*'''[http://www.zum.de/psm/n45/index.php "...nach 1945"]''' from [http://www.zum.de/psm/ PSM - Data: Geschichte].
::Click on "P" within a given chronology for primary source documents.
::(German transcriptions with German and English translations) 
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*'''[http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/berlin_airlift.htm The Berlin Airlift]'''
::A blend of declassified [http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/docs.php?action=docs documents], photographs and background information.  
::(1949-1949; facsimiles and transcriptions) 

*'''[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/index.html Berlin Airlift]'''
::Sponsored by [http://www.pbs.org PBS] on the occasion of an "American Experience" show on the airlift.
::(1948-1949; images, interactive maps, [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/sfeature/press.html newspaper accounts], timelines and commentary)
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*'''[http://www.documentarchiv.de/brd.html "BRD" in <i>dokumentArchiv.de</i>]''' 
:: Documents of the Federal Republic of Germany ("West Germany" and then the unified state)
::(1948 to the present; German transcriptions)  
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*'''[http://www.documentarchiv.de/ddr.html "DDR" in <i>dokumentArchiv.de</i>]''' 
:: Documents of the German Democratic Republic ("East Germany")
::(1949-1990; German transcriptions)  
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*'''[http://www.thueraz.de/net/pub_03.shtml <i>Dokumente/Quellen zur Geschichte der DDR</i>]''' 
::Documentary sources of GDR history
::Offered as a part of the Internet resource site, [http://www.thueraz.de/net/ <i>Internetressourcen zur Geschichte der DDR</i>]
::Sponsored by the [http://www.thueraz.de Thuringian Archive for Contemporary History] in Jena. 
::(1949-1990; German transcriptions)
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*'''[http://www.foia.cia.gov/CPE/CAESAR/caesar-03.pdf East German-Soviet Relations]
::Declassified CIA documents from [http://www.foia.cia.gov/cpe.asp Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis]. 
::(16 July 1953; PDF facsimiles) 
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*'''[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB50/ Uprising in East Germany, 1953]'''
::Found on the [http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/index.html#Europe National Security Archive]
::Declassified documents regarding Europe provided by the National Security Agency
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*'''[http://www.ml-werke.de/andere/kpdverbt.htm KPD Verbotsurteil]'''
::Prohibition of Communist Party in the Federal Republic
::(August 17, 1956; German transcription) 
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*'''[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB14/doc21.htm  "<i>Erh&ouml;hung der Gefechtsbereitschaft der Nationalen Volksarmee</i>"]'''
::"Increasing the Combat Readiness of the National People's Army" [of the German Democratic Republic]
::Note: "DECO II" mentioned in the document was allegedly a West German document 
::obtained by East German agents.
::(29 July 1959; English translation) 
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*'''[http://www.foia.cia.gov/CPE/CAESAR/caesar-42.pdf Strains in Soviet - East German Relations: 1962-1967]
::Declassified CIA documents from [http://www.foia.cia.gov/cpe.asp Cold War Era Hard Target Analysis]. 
::(24 February 1967; PDF facsimiles) 
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*'''[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/jfkberliner.html  John F.Kennedy: "Ich bin ein Berliner"]'''
::Speech at the Berlin Wall
::(26 June 1963; English transcription). 
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*'''[http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/german/exhibit/GDRposters/project.html German Democratic Republic -- Posters]'''
::Including posters of solidarity with Latin America.
::(1970-1989; facsimiles) 
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*'''[http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/ German Propaganda Archive]''' 
::Including posters, speeches, etc.
::(Facsimiles, translations and transcriptions) 
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*East German Ideals of the '''''[[Freie Deutsche Jugend]]'''''
::(1986; German transcription from <i>Die junge Welt</i>
*'''[[East German Ideals]]''' of the <i>Freie Deutsche Jugend</i>
::(1986; English translation)
:::Note that the post-Wall version of [http://www.jungewelt.de/ <i>Die junge Welt</i>] is available online, as is the website of the [http://www.fdj.de/ <i>Freie Deutsche Jugend</i>].
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*'''[https://www.wir-waren-so-frei.de/ Wir waren so frei... Momentaufnahmen 1989/1990] - Moments in Time 1989/1990
::Internet archive of films and photos taken in 1989 and 1990, during the time of the Fall of the Wall and the reunification.
::Website also available in [https://www.wir-waren-so-frei.de/index.php/Splash/Show/lang/en_US English].
::(1989-1990; images and films]
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*'''[http://www.jura.uni-saarland.de/Vertraege/Einheit/ Vertr&auml;ge &uuml;ber zur deutschen Einheit]'''
::German unification treaties
::(31 August 1990; German transcriptions ) 
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*'''[http://www.glasnost.de/hist/deutsch/ Glasnost Informations- und Dokumentationssystem Berlin]'''
::Site contains large Text Archive with an emphasis on <i>Ostpolitik</i>
::(German transcriptions). 
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*'''[[Deutsch-Tschechische Erklärung]]'''
::(21 January 1997; German transcription )
*'''[[Czech-German Declaration]]'''
::(21 January 1997; English translation ) 
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*'''[http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de Digitales Bildarchiv des Bundesarchivs]'''
::Growing collection of digitized images from among the 11 million images in the Federal Archive.
::Searchable by [http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/archives/barchpic/search/_1189451186/?hide_menu_search=1 multiple access points] or browsable by [http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de/topicsearch.php subject]. 
::(19th-20th centuries; image database)
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*'''[http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de/Webs/BK/DE/Aktuelles/VideoPodcast/video-podcast.html Video Podcasts of the Federal Chancellor]'''
::Video talks, aimed principally at the German people
::(German-language video podcasts)

*'''[http://www.bundesarchiv.de/kabinettsprotokolle ''Die Kabinettsprotokolle der Bundesregierung'' online]'''
::Federal Archives digitization of cabinet proceedings, previously available only in book form
::Also includes minutes of the Cabinet Committee for Economics and the Cabinet Committee for Social Reform.
::Future book volumes will be followed 18 months later by the digital version.
::(1949 - ; German transcriptions)

*'''[http://www.bundestag.de/aktuell/aktuell2/index.htm Deutscher Bundestag--Aktuelles]'''
::Current press briefings, agendas, minutes & reports of the Bundestag.
::(German transcriptions)
*'''[http://www.bundespraesident.de/-,11057/Reden-und-Interviews.htm Reden und Interviews des Bundespr&auml;sidenten]'''
::Speeches and interviews of the Bundespr&auml;sident on various topics.
::(2004 - present; German transcriptions)
::Note:  Speeches of several recent Bundespäsidenten [http://www.bundespraesident.de/-,11055/Die-deutschen-Bundespraesident.htm also available as individual online archives].
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*'''[http://www.bundesregierung.de/Webs/Breg/DE/GrundgesetzGesetze/grundgesetz-gesetze.html Grundgesetz]''' (Basic Law) in the German original provided by the German [http://www.bundesregierung.de Federal Government].
*'''[http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/BIJUS/grundgesetz/ German transcription with synoptic French translation]'''.
::(German Constitution of May 23, 1949 with revisions through 2002)

*'''[http://www.bundesregierung.de/en/The-Federal-Government/Function-and-constitutional-ba-,10206/Basic-Law.htm Grundgesetz]'''
::(Basic Law) in English translation (with revisions through 2002) provided by the German [http://www.bundesregierung.de Federal Government].

*'''[http://www.bundestag.de/htdocs_e/info/030gg.pdf PDF copy of the Basic Law]'''(with revisions through 2000) provided by the [http://www.bundestag.de/ Bundestag].
::(Transcriptions of German Constitution of May 23, 1949 with revisions through 20000; English translation) 
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*'''[http://www.destatis.de/e%5Fhome.htm# DE Statis:  German Statistics]'''
::Very thorough links of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany
::(German data and commentary) 


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