A large piece of eastern Germany would become Polish, and the Germans in it would be expelled.Germany would be temporarily split into four pieces ( occupation zones), one occupied by France, one by the Soviet Union, one by the United States, and one by the United Kingdom.That caused many problems at Potsdam since other countries no longer trusted the Soviets. It also addressed Germany's demilitarisation, reparations, the prosecution of war criminals and the mass expulsion of ethnic Germans from various parts of Europe. Stalin had killed the neutral government leaders and replaced them others, who did what he wanted. A product of the Potsdam Conference, it concerned the military occupation and reconstruction of Germany, its borders, and the entire European Theatre of War territory. Stalin saw himself as far more experienced than the new leaders and also caused trouble, as some of what the allies agreed on at Yalta was that Poland should have a neutral government. Built as the last Hohenzollern royal palace in Potsdam, Schloss Cecilienhof would also host the Potsdam Conference in 1945 as Truman, Stalin and Churchill. Also, Winston Churchill had been voted out in the United Kingdom and replaced by Clement Attlee. Firstly, the United States had a new president, Truman, who was much tougher on communism than the previous president, Franklin Roosevelt, had been, which was a problem for Stalin. However, a lot had happened since the Yalta Conference. The first conference was held at Yalta, but the Allies did not agree on anything very important. Truman) and the dictator of the Soviet Union ( Joseph Stalin) met to talk about Germany on July 1945 and to discuss what should happen to it now that the Second World War was over. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( Clement Attlee), the President of the United States ( Harry S. The Potsdam Conference was a meeting of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States in Potsdam, Germany from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The remains of the city canal were filled in.Stalin, Truman and Churchill in that order Up until 1974 many of the historic residential houses in Breite Street were cleared away for new buildings. In 1968 the tower of the Garrison Church was detonated. Churchill (later by British Prime Minister Clement Atlee), and Soviet leader. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston S. Following the Surrender of Germany and with the Allies progressing towards the Japanese homeland, the leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union met in Potsdam, Germany, to discuss the reconstruction of Germany, the division of European land, and the fate of Japan. The author had access to the State Department recrds on the Potsdam Conference, as well as to records in the possession of W. In time, many of the destroyed buildings were torn down, for example the ruins of the City Palace in 1950-60. Potsdam Conference - July 17 to August 2, 1945.
With great effort the population removed the war ruins. In 1950 the reconstruction of the Old Town was started. The debris from destroyed buildings disappeared in the ramparts of the Ernst-Thälmann-Stadium. The construction of a stadium began on the grounds of the former park Lustgarten. After the administrative and territorial reform of 1948 which divided the GDR into 14 districts, Potsdam became the district capital. Truman, Stalin and Churchill, later Attlee, sealed the Potsdam Agreement and established therewith the European post-war order and the further destiny of Germany.ĭuring the Potsdam Conference the order for the dropping of the atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was issued.įrom 1945 until 1952 Potsdam was the capital of the province of Brandenburg, first as a part of the Soviet occupation zone and since Octoas part of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
On the Second World War officially ended, and in July Potsdam was the center of attention of the global public: The Potsdam Conference of the victorious powers of the Anti-Hitler-Coalition took place at Cecilienhof Palace. Potsdam’s City Palace and the Garrison Church were badly damaged however, their ruins were demolished at a later time for political reasons. 1945 – From the Potsdam Conference to SocialismĪ severe bomb attack on Apand further fights in the last days of war claimed many victims and destroyed many valuable buildings, among them the French Quarter.
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