Berlin and Bonn - The significance of the German Capital.
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Berlin and Bonn: The significance of the German Capital. Berlin has been the capital of Germany since 1871 and remained the capital until 1945. The last time it had been a capital before this was when it had been the Capital of Prussia and since 1871when it was again a united capital it suffered two world wars and a campaign of genocide. Even thought the capital of Germany remained in Berlin until 1945 the last time the Reichstag met there before 1945 was in 1933 when the Reichstag fire happened. After the war ended Germany was divided into four nations and Berlin was also divided between them. When Germany was actually divided between the allies and the soviets it was decided that Berlin could therefore no longer be the capital and so the decision was made to move the capital away from Berlin firstly to give west Germany some control, stability...


