1950s

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The 1950s was the sixth decade of the 20th century and lasted from 1950 to 1959.

Events

Korean War

Cultural history

Sitting area around 1950
Typical living room furniture with kidney-shaped table
Kitchen clock designed by Max Bill for Junghans
Typical party snack: Hawaii toast
Typical mocha cup
The PH50 pendant lamp
by the designer Poul Henningsen has been produced to this day

literature

architecture

watch TV

Movie

Relevant currents

Individual contributions internationally

Individual contributions national

Oscar winner

Others

Personalities

Protagonist of the economic miracle: Ludwig Erhard

politics

design

music

Movie

theatre

literature

Heinrich Boell

society

Sports

See also

literature

  • Sabine Bode: The forgotten generation . Children of war break their silence . Piper, Munich 2004, 288 pages, ISBN 978-3-492-24403-9 .
  • Karl D. Bracher, Theodor Eschenburg, Joachim C. Fest, Hans-Peter Schwarz: History of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 2: The Adenauer era 1949–1957 . 541 pp., Deutsche Verlagsanstalt 1981, ISBN 3-7653-0328-3
  • Lottemi Doormann: Emancipation against peacefulness. In: Ruth-Esther Geiger, Anna Johanneson (Ed.): Not peaceful and not quiet. Polemic pamphlets from women on violence at war. Munich 1982.
  • Günter Helmes : "We lost the war [...], but we have to lose it if our country is to find its soul again." The FRG feature film production in 1958 as an expression of a 'soul landscape' . In: Flandziu 4, H. 2, 2013, pp. 65–99. ISBN 978-3-941120-12-9
  • Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk: The eventful decade. History of the GDR from 1949 to 1961 . Federal Agency for Civic Education, Bonn 2003, 164 pages, ISBN 3-89331-521-7 .
  • Axel Schildt : Arrival in the West. An essay on the success story of the Federal Republic . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1999, 223 pages, ISBN 3-10-070210-7 .
  • Dieter Selk, Dietmar Walberg, Astrid Holz: Settlements from the 1950s - modernization or demolition? Methodology for making decisions about demolition, modernization or new construction in settlements from the 1950s. Final report. Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning -BBR-, Bonn (sponsor), Working Group for Contemporary Building e. V., Kiel (executive body) 2008. ISBN 978-3-8167-7481-5 .
  • Kurt Sontheimer: The Adenauer Era. Foundation of the Federal Republic . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1991, 1. A, ISBN 3-423-34024-X .
  • SPIEGEL-Verlag: The 50s. From rubble land to economic miracle . SPIEGEL special issue 1/2006 and its contents .
  • Trude Unruh (Ed.): Trümmerfrauen - Biographies of a generation betrayed . Klartext, Essen 1987, ISBN 3-88474-420-8 .

Web links

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