Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927–2016)
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- Genscher, Hans-Dietrich
- Geburtstag
- 1927-03-21
- Todestag
- 2016-03-31
- Geschlecht
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- Nationalität
- Deutschland
- Land (für Karte)
- Deutschland
- Geburtsort
- Halle, Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
- Sterbeort
- Wachtberg-Pech, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- Todesursache
- heart failure
- Ausbildung
- Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle
Universität Leipzig (Rechts- und Wirtschaftwissenschaften) - Berufe
- Politker
Vizekanzler (Deutschland)
Außenminister (Deutschland) - Organisationen
- FDP
Freie Demokratische Partei - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Bundesverdienstkreuz ( [1973] ∙ [1975])
Orden de Isabel la Católica (1977)
Bambi Award (1977)
Grand Cross of the Order of Christ (1978)
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1979)
Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1979) (Zeige alle 20)
Grand Cross of the Order of Saint James of the Sword (1980)
Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry (1984)
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1986)
Grand Cross of the Ordem do Mérito (1987)
Prince of Asturias Award (1990)
Honorary doctorate of the University of Silesia in Katowice (1992)
Order of Duke Trpimir (1996)
Order of the Three Stars (1997)
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, First Class (1997)
Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (1998)
Honorary doctorate of the University of Szczecin (2002)
Honorary doctorate of Leipzig University (2003)
Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia (2007)
Order of Merit of Saxony-Anhalt (2010)
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The book makes very clear that the German Communist government failed to develop a containment strategy and even added fuel to the crisis, e.g. when it sent refugee trains through its territory as visible proof instead of using the direct route between Germany and Czechoslovakia. Still, it could not have survived the emigration as it was the young and educated who wanted to go. The West German government, with foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher in the lead, himself a former refugee, in contrast, delivered an outstanding performance using multiple levers in multiple places (New York, Prague, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Moscow) to crack the Communist resistance. In the end, it was the East German people demonstrating in masses that broke the regime. The government of the workers and peasants had no answer to the claim "Wir sind das Volk". The opening of the Berlin Wall to the citizens marked the end of the 40th anniversary celebrations of East Germany. Recommended.… (mehr)