From European Destruction to European Union
Würzburg, firestorm March 16, 1945
Nie wieder Krieg!
Nie wieder Faschismus!
Steel = iron + coal
Saar - Sarre - Saarland
Lorraine
Ruhr Gebiet (= "region")
Silesia - Schlesien
U.S. Great Lakes
iron ore
Appalachian range
coal
European Coal & Steel Cooperative
1957 - Treaty of Rome
"European Economic Community"
1985, Schengen (open borders)
1991-1993, Maastricht - "European Union"
1999-2002, monetary union
2017 - Brexit
Europe as a civilization