Images - Politics

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1.	The Black Spot (c. 1887) As part of the Treaty of Frankfurt (May 10, 1871), which marked the official end of the Franco-Prussian War, Germany annexed....
2.	"Dropping the Pilot" (1890) Bismarck was forced to resign in 1890, two years into the reign of Wilhelm II. Here, we see....
3.	Homage to Bismarck (August 10, 1891) Bismarck was celebrated by nationalists for his role in unifying Germany. The photograph below was taken in 1891, after he had resigned as chancellor. A students’ association pays homage to him in....
4.	Inauguration of the Reichstag (December 5, 1894) When Germany was unified in 1871, the Berlin Reichstag became the federal parliament. Following two design competitions and a heated debate over the location of the building that would eventually....
5.	SPD Party Conference in Breslau (October 6-12, 1895) This photograph shows (from left to right) August Bebel (1840-1913), Werner Sombart (1863-1941),....
6.	German Civil Code (1896) The unification of Germany in 1871 only gradually brought uniform legal standards to the country. Although the 1870s was a time of rapid standardization, the drafting of a common civil code was not....
7.	The Death of Bismarck (1898) Bismarck’s resignation in 1890 was a caesura in German history. His death eight years later,....
8.	"Hun Speech": Kaiser Wilhelm II's Address to the German Expeditionary Force Prior to its Departure for China (July 27, 1900) The “Boxer Rebellion,” an anti-western uprising in China, was put down in 1900 by an international force of British, French, Russian, American, Japanese, and German troops. The Germans, however,....
9.	National Liberal "Underwear" (1900) The National Liberal Party was one of the government’s key supporters in parliament. In an....
10.	Glorious Deeds of the Reichstag, 1898-1903 (1903) This 1903 illustration from the Socialist newspaper Rote Wahlen satirizes the “glorious deeds” of the Reichstag, the German federal parliament. The Socialists believed that the litany of laws....
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