WGermany+8+Themes

KEY THEMES: 1. **Search for Economic Unity with continent**. This theme is represented throughout the latter half of the twentienth century by the various political and economic treaties that Germany worked to achieve. Events such as joining NATO in 1955 and the EEC in 1957. West Germany also joined the UN in 1973. 2. **Reunification with East Germany**. This theme is demonstrated through the multiple events following the erection of the Berlin Wall. Under the leadership of Social Democrat Willy Brandt, West Germany sought better ties with the Soviet Union and East Germany. He singed non-agression treaties with Poland and the USSR in the 1970's.