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Complete the sentence about Angela Merkel with the correct year: Following German reunification in ______, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Complete the sentence about Angela Merkel with the correct year: Following German reunification in ______, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
1990. Following German reunification in 1990, Merkel was elected to the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
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Complete the sentence about Otto von Bismarck with the correct year: In ______, while stationed as an army reservist in Greifswald, he studied agriculture at the University of Greifswald.
1838. In 1838, while stationed as an army reservist in Greifswald, he studied agriculture at the University of Greifswald.
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Complete the sentence about Richard Wagner with the correct year: In August ______ Johanna and Geyer probably married, although no documentation of this has been found in the Leipzig church registers.
1814. In August 1814 Johanna and Geyer probably married, although no documentation of this has been found in the Leipzig church registers.
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Complete the sentence about Cologne Carnival with the correct year: From ______ to '43, the maiden was ordered by Nazi authorities to be played by a real woman.
1936. From 1936 to '43, the maiden was ordered by Nazi authorities to be played by a real woman.
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Complete the sentence about Willy Brandt with the correct year: Brandt resigned as chancellor in ______, after Günter Guillaume, one of his closest aides, was exposed as an agent of the Stasi, the East German secret service.
1974. Brandt resigned as chancellor in 1974, after Günter Guillaume, one of his closest aides, was exposed as an agent of the Stasi, the East German secret service.
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Which place completes this sentence about Karl Liebknecht? Liebknecht was born in ______ as the son of SPD co-founder Wilhelm Liebknecht, and studied law and political economy.
Leipzig. Liebknecht was born in Leipzig as the son of SPD co-founder Wilhelm Liebknecht, and studied law and political economy.
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Complete the sentence about Intercity-Express with the correct year: From ______, the successor, the ICE 2 trains pulled by Class 402 powerheads, was put into service.
1997. From 1997, the successor, the ICE 2 trains pulled by Class 402 powerheads, was put into service.
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Complete the sentence with the correct year: By the end of World War II in Germany, in ______, the DFG was no longer active.
1945. By the end of World War II in Germany, in 1945, the DFG was no longer active.
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Complete the sentence about Steiff with the correct year: In ______, Margarete's felt fabric factory was founded in Giengen, Germany.
1893. In 1893, Margarete's felt fabric factory was founded in Giengen, Germany.
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Complete the sentence about Weimar Republic with the correct year: The Weimar Republic is so called because the Weimar National Assembly that adopted its constitution met in Weimar from 6 February to 11 August ______.
1919. The Weimar Republic is so called because the Weimar National Assembly that adopted its constitution met in Weimar from 6 February to 11 August 1919.
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Complete the sentence about Der Spiegel with the correct year: In ______, Augstein restructured the company to make the employees shareholders.
1974. In 1974, Augstein restructured the company to make the employees shareholders.
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Complete the sentence about E. T. A. Hoffmann with the correct year: In ______, Hoffmann became enamored of Dora Hatt, a married woman to whom he had given music lessons.
1794. In 1794, Hoffmann became enamored of Dora Hatt, a married woman to whom he had given music lessons.
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Complete the sentence about 1990 FIFA World Cup with the correct year: The ______ World Cup is widely regarded as one of the poorest World Cups in terms of the games.
1990. The 1990 World Cup is widely regarded as one of the poorest World Cups in terms of the games.
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Complete the sentence about Richard Strauss with the correct year: In ______ Strauss was appointed to two important musical positions in Nazi Germany: head of the Reichsmusikkammer and principal conductor of the Bayreuth Festival.
1933. In 1933 Strauss was appointed to two important musical positions in Nazi Germany: head of the Reichsmusikkammer and principal conductor of the Bayreuth Festival.
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Complete the sentence about Opel with the correct year: Opel traces its roots to a sewing machine manufacturer founded by Adam Opel in ______ in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany.
1862. Opel traces its roots to a sewing machine manufacturer founded by Adam Opel in 1862 in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany.
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Complete the sentence about Allied-occupied Germany with the correct year: The British Army of the Rhine was formed on 25 August ______ from the British Liberation Army.
1945. The British Army of the Rhine was formed on 25 August 1945 from the British Liberation Army.
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Complete the sentence about 20 July plot with the correct year: With the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, closing in on the plotters, a final attempt was organised in July ______.
1944. With the Nazi secret police, the Gestapo, closing in on the plotters, a final attempt was organised in July 1944.
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Complete the sentence about Gustav Stresemann with the correct year: In August ______, Stresemann was named chancellor and foreign minister of a grand coalition government.
1923. In August 1923, Stresemann was named chancellor and foreign minister of a grand coalition government.
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Complete the sentence about Ritter Sport with the correct year: The company was founded in ______ by Clara and Alfred Eugen Ritter and has been family-owned ever since.
1912. The company was founded in 1912 by Clara and Alfred Eugen Ritter and has been family-owned ever since.
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Complete the sentence about Nazi Germany with the correct year: Hitler made increasingly aggressive territorial demands, seizing Austria in the Anschluss of ______ and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938. Hitler made increasingly aggressive territorial demands, seizing Austria in the Anschluss of 1938 and the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
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Complete the sentence about Warsaw Pact with the correct year: East Germany withdrew from the pact following German reunification in ______.
1990. East Germany withdrew from the pact following German reunification in 1990.
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Complete the sentence about Stralsund with the correct year: Stralsund was granted city rights in ______ and is thus the oldest city in Pomerania.
1234. Stralsund was granted city rights in 1234 and is thus the oldest city in Pomerania.
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Complete the sentence about Main with the correct year: Since ______, the Main has been connected to the Danube via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the highly regulated Altmühl river.
1992. Since 1992, the Main has been connected to the Danube via the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal and the highly regulated Altmühl river.
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Complete the sentence about Bertolt Brecht with the correct year: When the Nazis came to power in Germany in ______, Brecht fled his home country, initially to Scandinavia.
1933. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Brecht fled his home country, initially to Scandinavia.
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Complete the sentence about Rothenburg ob der Tauber with the correct year: In ______, the city of Rothenburg was founded at the time of the building of Staufer Castle.
1170. In 1170, the city of Rothenburg was founded at the time of the building of Staufer Castle.
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Complete the sentence about Johannes Gutenberg with the correct year: In ______, Time Life picked Gutenberg's invention as the most important of the second millennium.
1997. In 1997, Time Life picked Gutenberg's invention as the most important of the second millennium.
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