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 Under Tilly's command, imperial troops 
                      storm Madgeburg
 on May 20, 1631. Original: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – 
                      Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Handschriftenabteilung.
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 Elector Frederick III of Saxony, called "the Wise" (early 16th century) .
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 Würzburg c. 1500 (1493).
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 Nobles Dancing at a Ball (2nd Half of 16th Century) .
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 An Augsburg orchestra plays a dance. 
                      Lithograph, c. 1520.
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 New map of Germany. Engraving by Giacomo 
                      Gastaldi,
 Venice, 1561.
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 Midnight view of Dresden near the Elbe 
                      Bridge. Engraving, colored
 by Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel, c. 1750.
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 Morning. Painting by Philipp Otto Runge, 1809.
 Original: Hamburg Kunsthalle
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 The market in Munich (Marienplatz). 
                      Engraving, colored by Matthäus Merian the Elder, 1644.
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 From the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale, "Little Red Riding 
                      Hood."
 Little Red Riding Hood on the way to visit her grandmother.
 Woodcut,
                      c. 1825.
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 The market in Rostock (1576-1586). 
                      Original: Rostock, Stadtarchiv.
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 Contemporary portrait of Rahel Varnhagen 
                      von Ense (1771-1833). Varnhagen's salon was an important 
                      meeting place for Berlin's Romantic writers.
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 During a state visit to Poland, Chancellor Willy Brandt 
                      kneels at the memorial for the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto 
                      uprising
 (December 7, 1970). Photo by Hans Hubmann.
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 Berlin Street Scene (1921). Painting 
                      by Nikolaus Braun (Miklós Béla). Original: 
                      Berlin, Berlinische Galerie.
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 The Jews’ Alley and Stockyard in Frankfurt am Main (17th Century). Drawing by Peter Becker. © Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz
 
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 Siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and 
                      Christoph Probst (from left) of the White Rose, a student 
                      resistance group in Munich. Photo by George Witt.
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 Thomas Mann (1875-1955) speaks with 
                      Albert Einstein (1879-1955) in Princeton, New Jersey (1938). 
                      Photo by Lotte Jacobi. Original: Schiller-Nationalmuseum, 
                      Marbach.
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 The Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg 
                      Gate
 (November 11, 1989). Photo by Klaus Lehnartz.
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 Gerhard Schroeder (r) and Joschka
                      Fischer at a press conference during a meeting of the European 
                      Council (2003). Photo by Andrea Bienert.
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 GDR Stasi files (1996). Photo by Bernd 
                      Kühler.
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 From June 1 - October 31, 2000, Hannover hosted the World's 
                      Fair. The picture shows the exhibition "Idea Workshop Germany," 
                      which was held in the German Pavilion. Photo by Engelbert 
                      Reineke.
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