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West Germany: Cold War Pop-Up Country

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Here's a couple of short videos focusing on West Germany, that Cold War pop-up country established in 1949 and then absorbed back into a reunified Germany in 1990. This first US newsreel records the white heat of West Germany's postwar rebuilding, including the fabulous international exhibition of modern architecture, Interbau.


And here's a smashing mini-documentary about photographer Jupp Darchinger, who captured everyday life and the political elite in Bonn during this period. His photographs are incredible, and more can be seen here.


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