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365 days of German history

Every day is historic! Do you want to know which key events took place in history on your date of birth? Or are you preparing for the next school presentation or Trivial Pursuit evening? The historical calendar from the Deutschlandmuseum shows you what happened in German history on each day of the year: major events, historical anniversaries, significant inventions, important birthdays and much more.

A spy at the heart of the West German government!

After several years of Stasi training, Günter Guillaume travelled from East Berlin to West Germany in 1956. The plan was simple: posing as a refugee, he joined the SPD and rapidly climbed its ranks. [...]

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