History of German-American Relations > 1989-1994 - Reunification Genealogy | The German Language in the United States | German-American Relations

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Background • CRS Issues Brief: German-American Relations in the New Europe • Das war RIAS BERLIN. • Deutsch-amerikanische Beziehungen • Restructuring U.S. Military Bases in Germany: Scope, Impacts, and Opportunities • Senate Record Vote Analysis: Treaty with Respect to the Final Settlement with Germany. Agreeing to the Resolution of Ratification Teacher Resources • German Unification: Five Years After, 1989-1994 | Student Exercises • Lehrerinformationen - Ein Rundgang durch die Dauerausstellung im Alliertenmuseum • The Road to Unification   President George Bush & Chancellor Helmut Kohl The collapse of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 led to monetary and political union within the framework of the Federal Republic's Basic Law. All-German elections were held in December 1990. The negotiations that accompanied the process of reunification -- internal between the Federal Republic and the German Democratic Republic and external with the four postwar occupying powers -- were intricate and complex. Agreements on security issues, in particular the role of the new Germany in NATO, were crucial to both the United States and Russia. For the United States, the continuing membership of Germany in NATO became the indispensable transatlantic link that assured an institutionalized presence in Europe. After 50 years, the last U.S. military brigade left Berlin in July 1994

Original Documents • "A Europe Whole and Free" Remarks to the Citizens in Mainz. President George Bush. Rheingoldhalle. Mainz, Federal Republic of Germany, May 31, 1989 | Deutsch CD • Address to the German People on the Reunification of Germany. President George Bush. October 2, 1990. CD • "Berlin is free!" Remarks by President Bill Clinton in Address to the People of Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin, Germany, July 12, 1994 | Deutsch CD • Inactivation Ceremony of the Berlin Brigade. Remarks by President Bill Clinton. McNair Barracks. Berlin, Germany, July 12, 1994 | Deutsch CD • Message to the Senate Transmitting the Treaty on the Reunification of Germany. President George Bush. September 25, 1990. CD • Remarks on Signing the German-American Day Proclamation at a White House Ceremony Celebrating the Reunification of Germany. President George Bush. October 3, 1990. CD   Original Documents • Remarks to Multinational Audience of Future Leaders of Europe. President Bill Clinton. Brussels, Belgium, January 9, 1994. CD • "Two-plus-Four-Treaty": Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany. September 12, 1990 | Deutsch Exhibits •German Reunification Day Exhibit (National Archives) Biographies • George Bush U.S. President (1989-1993) • Helmut Kohl, Federal Chancellor (1982-98) | Deutsch

Texts are abridged from U.S. State Department IIP publications and other U.S. government materials.

What kind of information materials are available? CD: These documents are available in fulltext format on the About the USA CD-ROM. Teachers: Request a copy for classroom use. L: Selected documents are available in German as well as other languages, including Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish, Persian and Turkish.

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