Drei Männer in Potsdam

Three men in Potsdam · पॉट्सडैम में तीन आदमी

A2German history in easy German · 1945 · PotsdamChapter 1 free

Summer 1945: Germany lies in ruins. At a round table in a palace near Berlin, the leaders of the winning powers decide what happens next, and they do not trust each other.

Timeline

8 May 1945The war in Europe ends
17 July 1945The conference opens at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam
24 July 1945Truman tells Stalin about a powerful new weapon
28 July 1945Clement Attlee takes Churchill's seat after the British election
2 Aug 1945The Potsdam Agreement is signed
6 Aug 1945The first atomic bomb falls on Hiroshima
1949Two German states are founded

Kapitel 1: Ein Schloss für die Sieger

A palace for the winners · each German sentence with its English translation

Im Mai 1945 war der Zweite Weltkrieg in Europa zu Ende.In May 1945, the Second World War in Europe was over.

Deutschland lag in Trümmern, und viele Städte waren zerstört.Germany lay in ruins, and many cities were destroyed.

Die Sieger mussten entscheiden: Was passiert jetzt mit Deutschland?The winners had to decide: what happens to Germany now?

Berlin war für ein großes Treffen zu stark zerstört.Berlin was too badly destroyed for a big meeting.

Deshalb trafen sich die Chefs der USA, der Sowjetunion und Großbritanniens im nahen Potsdam.So the leaders of the USA, the Soviet Union and Great Britain met in nearby Potsdam.

Ihr Treffpunkt war Schloss Cecilienhof, das jüngste Schloss der preußischen Königsfamilie.Their meeting place was Cecilienhof Palace, the newest palace of the Prussian royal family.

Vom 17. Juli bis zum 2. August 1945 saßen sie dort an einem großen runden Tisch.From 17 July to 2 August 1945, they sat there at a big round table.

Es waren Harry Truman aus den USA, Josef Stalin aus der Sowjetunion und Winston Churchill aus Großbritannien.They were Harry Truman from the USA, Joseph Stalin from the Soviet Union and Winston Churchill from Great Britain.

Man nannte sie die „Großen Drei“.They were called the “Big Three”.

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