1. HIST 2117: Modern Germany Spring 2013 Lecture Twenty-One: Re-Unification

2. Two Nations Forever? East Germany within the Soviet System Erich Honecker’s DDR West Germany within the Western European System

3. Breakdown of East Germany Solidarity and Polish Reform Gorbachev’s Reforms in Russia 40th Anniversary of DDR Emigration Problem Neues Forum Leipzig Protests

4. A Bloodless Revolution Opening the Berlin Wall -- Nov. 9, 1989 Helmut Kohl and a Path to Unification East German Elections, May, 1990 Economic Merger -- Adoption of West German Mark Reunification Treaty, August, 1990

5. Problems with Unification Unification Skeptics in the West Culture Shock: Ossies and Wessies Economic Legacy of Communism Labor Migration and “Brain Drain” Skinheads and Neo-Nazi Gangs “Ostalgie” Opening the Files

6. Unified Germany in a Demilitarized Europe End of the Cold War and Expansion of NATO The Common Market and the German Economy Maastricht Treaty and European Union The Euro Kohl to Schröder to Merkel Germany Today