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13 unusual facts about West Germany


Douglas B-66 Destroyer

RB-66s were used as the major night photo-reconnaissance aircraft of the USAF during this time, many examples serving with tactical reconnaissance squadrons based in the United Kingdom and in West Germany.

DUX

A large number of these weapons were produced for the West German Border Police, and was later licensed to be produced by Anschütz and Mauser until the mid-1950s.

Franziska Liebing

Franziska Liebing (6 February 1901 – 4 August 1989) was a Swedish-born actress who for most of her career was based in West Germany.

Gamal Abdel-Rahim

In 1950 he began university studies in musicology at the Musikhochschule of Heidelberg in West Germany, deciding on a career as a composer.

Garo Aida

His photos were also published during the 1980s in the Italian, German, and Spanish editions of Photo and in France's Newlook magazine, among others.

Krista Tippett

Tippett was an exchange student in then-Communist East Germany in 1982 and later a Fulbright scholar in Bonn, the capital of West Germany.

Lafoole University

"The Lafoole College" had two high schools, one regular secondary school and the other, a technical training school supported by West Germany.

Lake Assad

In 1957, an agreement was reached with the Soviet Union for technical and financial aid for the construction of a dam in the Euphrates, and in 1960 a financial agreement was signed with West Germany.

Malá Strana

In 1989, the "Prague Embassy" of West Germany, located in the Palais Lobkowicz, was the site of a drama involving thousands of East German refugees.

National Socialist People's Welfare

The social welfare organizations had to be established anew during the postwar reconstruction of both West Germany and the DDR.

Sha'ari Tadin

He was also a special guest of the Governments of West Germany, Japan and France in 1972, 1974, 1975 respectively.

West Germany

Since the 1950s, Germany at the Olympics had been represented by a united team led by the pre-war German NOC officials as the IOC had denied East German demands for a separate team.

Western Allies

In 1949 the American, British and French sectors in Germany became the Federal Republic of Germany, or West Germany, while the Soviet sector became the German Democratic Republic, or East Germany.


1970–71 in Belgian football

RFC Brugeois eliminated Kickers Offenbach of West Germany in the first round of the 1970–71 European Cup Winners' Cup (lost 1-2 away, won 2-0 at home) and FC Zürich of Switzerland in the second round (won 2-0 at home, lost 1-2 away).

1976 Winter Olympics medal table

Alpine skier Rosi Mittermaier won the women's downhill and slalom events to give West Germany's two gold medals in these Games.

1981 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships

1981 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships were held in Munich, West Germany on October 17 – 20th 1981.

582nd Air Resupply and Communications Wing

The 582d was assigned directly to Third Air Force and provided the bulk of its air support to the Army 10th Special Forces Group, which had been transferred in total from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Bad Tölz, West Germany.

Ameli Koloska

Ameli Koloska, née Isermeyer (born 28 September 1944 in Dessau) is a retired West German javelin thrower.

Andrew Moravcsik

Moravcsik received a BA in history from Stanford University in 1980 and, after a period working in the US and Asia, spent the next year and a half as a Fulbright Fellow at the Universities of Bielefeld, Hamburg, and Marburg in West Germany.

Balthasar Schwarm

Balthasar Schwarm (born 11 September 1946 in Bruckmühl, Bavaria) is a West German former luger who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.

C-Netz

The Radio Telephone Network C (German: Funktelefonnetz-C, abbreviated as C-Netz), was a first generation analog cellular phone system deployed and operated in Germany (at first West Germany) by DeTeMobil (formerly of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, currently Deutsche Telekom).

Christina Sussiek

Christina Sussiek (born 4 March 1960 in Werther) is a retired athlete who represented West Germany.

Cristina García

During her graduate studies she spent a year in Italy and later returned to Europe to accept a marketing position with Procter & Gamble in West Germany, but left that job after three months.

Death Is My Trade

In 1977, the novel was made into a movie in West Germany as Aus einem deutschen Leben ("From a German life") with Götz George as Franz Lang (the name "Rudolf" was changed into Franz), directed by Theodor Kotulla.

Desmond Fennell

In 1964 Fennell moved with wife and son to Freiburg, Germany, as assistant editor of Herder Correspondence, the English-language version of Herder-Korrespondenz; a Catholic journal of theology, philosophy and politics which played a leading "progressive" role during the Second Vatican Council.

Dieter Burdenski

Looking for decent goalkeepers to someday succeed ageing Sepp Maier in the West Germany goal, Helmut Schön turned his attention to the Werder Bremen man in 1977, handing Burdenski his first of altogether 12 caps in a friendly in Montevideo against Uruguay.

Edgar Itt

Edgar Itt (born June 8, 1967, Gedern) was a West German athlete who competed for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 400 metre relay with his team mates Norbert Dobeleit, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke.

English Freakbeat, Volume 4

Shorty & Them is a band from Newcastle that relocated to Germany and released an album there in conjunction with a Liverpool band, the Roadrunners; this long version of "Dimples" is taken from that LP.

Felix Kersting

Felix Kersting born in Bergisch Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany is a German producer, director, screenwriter and event manager.

FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 1989

The 1989 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships were held between March 1st and March 5th at the Oberjoch ski resort in then-West Germany.

Franz Six

Six was called as one of four witnesses by defense attorney Robert Servatius in the 1961 trial in Israel of Adolf Eichmann, and gave his testimony by deposition in West Germany.

G. L. Peiris

Born to Glanville Peiris, diplomat who was the former Director-General External Affairs, Ceylon's Ambassador to West Germany and Myanmar and Lakshmi Chandrika Peiris.

Hannelore Possmoser

She won the silver medal in the women's singles at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.

Hans Estner

Hans Estner (born 7 April 1951 in Tegernsee) is a West German former biathlete who competed in the 1980 Winter Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the 4x7.5 km relay.

Hans-Joachim Walde

Hans-Joachim Walde (born 28 June 1942; died 18 April 2013 in Jever) was a West German track and field athlete who competed mainly in the decathlon.

Hans-Otto Schumacher

Hans-Otto Schumacher (born February 17, 1950 in Grevenbroich) is a West German slalom canoer who competed in the 1970s.

Heinfried Birlenbach

Heinfried Birlenbach (born May 24, 1940 in Siegen) is a retired West German shot putter.

Hermann Mayr

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1955 European luge championships in Hahnenklee, West Germany.

Horst Tiedge

He won the bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1960 FIL World Luge Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany.

Ingrid Becker

Ingrid Mickler-Becker (née Ingrid Becker; born September 26, 1942 in Geseke, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former West German athlete and a double Olympic champion.

Jim Finney

Later he was selected as one of the English referees at the 1966 World Cup, gaining some notoriety there for his handling of the Uruguay versus West Germany quarter-final in which he sent off Horacio Troche and Héctor Silva.

Johnson RHJ-6 Adastra

In its original configuration Johnson flew the Adastra in the 1960 World Gliding Championships in Cologne, West Germany and finished in 15th place.

Maritza Sáenz Ryan

Sáenz Ryan was assigned to the 1st Armored Division Artillery in Nuremberg, West Germany.

Martin Roos

He began studying theology at the Roman Catholic Theological Institute of Alba Iulia in 1961, continuing from 1962 to 1969 at Königstein im Taunus in West Germany.

Mercedes-Benz W108

When its tires were punctured by a trap, Bond famously drove the car along a railway track in pursuit of a train carrying Octopussy's circus across the West/East German border (although the scenes were actually filmed in Cambridgeshire, England), and just before reaching the border Bond managed to jump upon the train just before the car collided head-on with another train and was sent flying into a river.

Moltke-class battlecruiser

The Turkish government attempted to preserve the ship as a museum, including an offer to West Germany to sell the ship back in 1963, but none of the efforts were successful.

Orest Romashyna

Orest Romashyna (born October 27, 1946 in Rheine, West Germany) is a German-Canadian former ice hockey left winger.

Rainer Henkel

Rainer Henkel (born 27 February 1964 in Opladen) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay for West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Richard Weiss

Richard Alfred "Rich" Weiss (September 18, 1963 in Munich - June 25, 1997, White Salmon River) was a West German-born, American slalom kayaker who competed from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s.

Rob Muzzio

Robert ("Rob") Muzzio (born 25 June 1964, in Würzburg, West Germany to American parents) is a retired male decathlete from the United States, who represented Team USA at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Skënder Hyka

His only senior appearance came on 8 April 1967 against West Germany in Dortmund, a game which Albania lost 6-0 thanks to four goals by Gerd Müller and a double by Hannes Löhr.

Soil value

Since this farm was no longer available for comparisons within West Germany after the Second World War, a farm in Machtsum near Harsum in the Hildesheim Börde was designated as the Federal Standard Farm.

Stjepan Đureković

Stjepan Đureković (born 1926 in Bukovac, Syrmia Oblast, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes — died 28 July 1983 in Wolfratshausen, West Germany) was a Croatian businessman, best known as the politically-appointed CEO of the state-owned INA petrol company.

The Survivors Live

It was recorded on April 23, 1981 in Böblingen, near Stuttgart, West Germany, when all three singers, who had been labelmates at Sun Records at the beginning of their careers, were touring Europe.

Troy Dorsey

At the W.A.K.O. World Championships 1987 in Munich, West Germany in October 1987, Dorsey again took gold in full contact kickboxing but was only able to manage silver in semi contact, losing out to Oliver Drexler in the final.

Walter Kempowski

In several more books he completed the story of his family from the early 20th century into the late 1950s, when he was released from an East German prison in Bautzen where, accused of spying for the US military forces in West Germany, he had been incarcerated for eight years.

Werner Kohlmeyer

In one of his last games for Germany, Kohlmeyer faced Stanley Matthews at Wembley on 1 December 1954, in an international friendly between England and West Germany.

Werner Lueg

Werner Lueg (born 16 September 1931 in Brackwede, near Bielefeld) is a former West German middle distance runner who equalised Lennart Strand's and Gunder Hägg's 1500 m world record in 3:43.0 min in Berlin in 1952.

Wilhelm Burgdorf

Erik Frey in the 1955 West German film Der Letzte Akt (Hitler: The Last Ten Days).

William C. Bilo

After serving as an instructor at the Artillery school, Bilo served in West Germany, including command of Battery B, 4th Battalion, 41st Artillery Regiment.

Winfried Freudenberg

Freudenberg was born in Osterwieck, and grew up in the Saxony-Anhalt town of Lüttgenrode, near what was then the border between his native East Germany, which was then a part of the communist Eastern Bloc, as a satellite state of the Soviet Union, and West Germany.

World Confederation for Physical Therapy

In 1951 the World Confederation for Physical Therapy had 11 founding member organisations from Australia, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, West Germany, Sweden and the United States of America.

Zenon Snylyk

After the war, the Snylyk family fled to Mittenwald, West Germany where they lived in a displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1949.