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51.	Norbert Blüm and Wolfgang Schäuble Debate the Location of the Capital (June 20, 1991) During the Bundestag debate on the location of the capital, CDU social policy spokesman Norbert Blüm argued that Bonn stood for the Federal Republic’s new democratic....
52.	Processing the Past and the Renaming of Streets (September 18, 1991) Street names have substantial symbolic and historical value, and conflicts over the naming – and renaming – of streets have become a regular part of regime changes. After the fall of the Communist....
53.	An Alliance for Tolerance Appeals for Openness toward Foreigners (October 31, 1991) To counter growing resentment against newcomers, an “alliance against xenophobia and racism” composed of churches, trade unions, business associations, organizations, sports clubs, and youth groups....
54.	A New Chapter in German Foreign Policy? (December 21, 1991) By forging ahead in recognizing the sovereignty of Croatia and Slovenia, Germany’s federal government underestimated the shadows of the past, and its policy sparked fears among its European alliance....
55.	Call to Action (1992) Two years after German unification, eight prominent public figures – including politicians, academics, and journalists such as Helmut Schmidt, Ernst Ulrich....
56.	Rainer Zitelmann: Reunification and German Self-Hatred (1992) Conservative journalist Rainer Zitelmann argues that leftist intellectuals are responsible for propagating a sense of German self-hatred. He views this as debilitating not least because it distances....
57.	Rainer Eppelmann talks about the Enquete Commission on the SED Dictatorship (May 3, 1992) In an interview with the national news radio station Deutschlandfunk, the chairman of the Enquete....
58.	Arson Attack on Turkish Families in Mölln (November 24, 1992) In September 1991 right-wing extremists attacked housing facilities for asylum seekers in the Saxon city of Hoyerswerda. The attacks were the prelude to a wave of xenophobic violence that spread....
59.	The Example of Sket (December 21, 1992) This article looks at Sket, a heavy machinery combine [Kombinat] in Magdeburg, and describes how a once-venerable industrial enterprise was struggling to survive. With the disappearance of....
60.	The Unification Crisis (December 31, 1992) Munich historian Christian Meier argues that the problems facing Germany should be subsumed under the heading “unification crisis,” since the term does justice to their true dimensions. He sees the....
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