Kapitel 11 Kultur Texte

The Timeline was full of interesting information pertaining to German history. For instance, Elvis Presley was there for 17 months beginning in 1958, Germany converted to the Euro in 2002, and many other political facts. Overall, the timeline provided new insight into the history of German politics.
Just like the timeline Breaking Down the Wall in the Head also talks about politics in Germany, except this time the article talks about the stereotypes, culture of the younger generation, and money issues in regards to the reunification of the country. I found the opinions of the young adult who was interviewed surprising because I did not expect her to have such strong opinions when she was so young when the wall fell.
According to the Wikipedia article, Ostalgie, many things about Eastern Germany were wiped out after the Berlin wall fell. It is a good thing that there is a term to describe how they felt in order to keep the memories about their part of the country alive.
Backward Southerners, Frigid Northerners tells how the real division in Germany is between the north and the south, due in part to differences in religion, mistrust in food, and difference in dialects.
Brennpunkt Kulturs: Seites 438 and 444 did not have any new information about Germany pre-WWI and during the Nazi era that I have not learned in prior history classes. On seite 454 I learned that citizens of Leipzig demonstrated weekly against the East German state in order to gain access to western Germany. Seite 470 provided completely new information about Dresden and Lepizig. I learned the Nikolaikirche was the site of the demonstrations that led to unification of western Germany in Leipzig, and that Dresden was bombed by the Allies in February 1945. All in all, each of the Brennpunkt Kulturs were informative.