Geschichte
English meaning: History
Definition
The record and study of past events. Germany's history includes the Holy Roman Empire, Reformation (Martin Luther, 1517), unification (1871 under Bismarck), WWI, Weimar Republic, Nazi totalitarianism, the Holocaust, WWII, and postwar division (East/West Germany) and reunification (1990). German history is essential for understanding 20th-century world history.
Example
“Die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands 1990 war ein historisches Ereignis.”
In English: “The reunification of Germany in 1990 was a historic event.”
Literary Heritage
“Was die Erfahrung aber und die Geschichte lehren, ist dieses, dass Völker und Regierungen niemals etwas aus der Geschichte gelernt und nach Lehren, die aus derselben zu ziehen gewesen wären, gehandelt haben.”
“What experience and history teach is this: that peoples and governments have never learned anything from history and have never acted in accordance with lessons that could have been drawn from it.”
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