Images - Oil Shocks and Stagnation

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1.	Construction of the Oil Refinery in Schwedt (1962) A treaty signed in Moscow on December 18, 1959, called for the construction of a crude oil pipeline from the Soviet Union, through Poland, to Schwedt on the Oder River in the GDR. On November 11,....
2.	Producing Irons in Sörnewitz (1964) Following the Soviet model, worker “brigades” were instituted as the smallest structural unit in GDR factories. The GDR also followed Soviet precedent in calling for “socialist competition” among....
3.	Leipzig Spring Trade Fair (1965) In 1965, the Leipzig Trade Fair celebrated its 800th anniversary. Both the state and the local community viewed the occasion as an opportunity for self-presentation. Much to the displeasure of the....
4.	Closed Coal Mine (1967) The coal crisis in the Ruhr Valley, also known as “the death of the coal mines,” started in 1957-58, when German coal became increasingly expensive and the federal government cut mining subsidies.....
5.	Robotron Computer (1970) The “Robotron” Kombinat [combine] was founded in the GDR at the end of the 1960s. It was responsible for developing and manufacturing data-processing and office machines. Over the course of....
6.	Spiegel Covers on the Oil Crisis (November 1973) After the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War on October 6, 1973, the Arab OPEC states imposed a delivery boycott on the U.S. and the Netherlands, both of whom had supported Israeli policy. Using the....
7.	Auto-Free Sunday (November 1973) In response to the jump in oil prices, the moratorium on all oil exports to the Netherlands and the U.S., and the Arab OPEC states’ decision to reduce deliveries to all other European countries,....
8.	Demonstration by the Confederation of German Trade Unions (April 1, 1975) In response to growing unemployment among young people, the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) organized a demonstration on April 1, 1975, in support of the vocational training law proposed....
9.	U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt at the G-7 Conference in London (May 7-8, 1977) On May 7-8, 1977, a G7 (Group of Seven) summit meeting took place in London. The “Downing Street Summit,” as it was called, gave newly elected U.S. President Jimmy....
10.	The European Council in Bremen (July 6-7, 1978) At the meeting of the European Council in Bremen on July 6-7, 1978, the nine member states of the European Community defined the primary goal of their energy policy: reducing their dependence on....
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