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1 Anti-authoritarian movements in West Germany

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4 „1968 was the fall from grace which brought the Germans foreigners, feminism and other horrors“ Rainer Zittelmann „The spirit of 1968 civilized the Germans“ and „the late 60s are a social refoundation of the republic“ Antje Vollmer

5 Domestic problems leading to the formation of the APO Deployment of nuclear weapons in Germany (1958) „The German education catastrophe“ (1964) Spiegel affair (1962) – debate about freedom of press Grand coalition (1966) formation of APO 1966

6 Außerparlamentarische Opposition APO

7 APO 1966-68

8 Death of student Benno Ohnesorg 1967

9 Leader of the student movement Rudi Dutschke

10 Baader-Meinhof-Gang / Rote Armee Fraktion Andreas Baader Gudrun Ensslin Ulrike Meinhof Train in the Near East (links with PLO) Attack Axel Springer (populist editor), US military bases, symbols of capitalism

11 „German autumn“ RAF trials 1975-77 Second generation of terrorists try to free the accused They kidnap and assassinate Buback, Ponto and Schleyer in 1977

12 Anti-nuclear movement Oil crisis in 1973: German government decides to build 40 new nuclear power plants „If a nuclear power plant was to be built not far from where you live – would you approve or disapprove of it?“

13 Campaigners in Wackersdorf

14 Peace movement Bonn 1983

15 Die Grünen 1983: coalition with SPD in Hessen (Joschka Fischer secretary for the environment) 1983: first appearance in Bundestag 1998: coalition with SPD in Berlin (Bonn) (Joschka Fischer secretary of state)

16 Joschka Fischer, secretary of state 1998-2006

17 Joschka Fischer… 1968 1974

18 Joschka Fischer… 1986 1998

19 Squatters in the 70s and 80s

20 Campaigners (including Heinrich Böll) at Mutlangen 1983

21 Debate about article 218 / abortion 1972 „Stern“debate 1974 legislation allows abortion within first three months 1975 revocation by Federal Constitutional Court 1976 abortion criminal offense unless there is an „indication“

22 Population change: surplus of births (+) / deaths (-) in the FRG

23 „Guestworkers“ 1955: Italy 1960:Greece, Spain 1961: Turkey 1964: Portugal 1968: Yugoslavia

24 Guestworkers in the FRG

25 Guestworkers in the FRG (mio)

26 Settling in ?

27 Still a guestworker after 40 years?


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