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Date November 2018 Marks available 15 Reference code 18N.3op4.HL.TZ0.33
Level Higher level only Paper Paper 3 (History of Europe) Time zone TZ0
Command term Evaluate Question number 33 Adapted from N/A

Question

Evaluate the role of Adenauer in Germany’s economic recovery.

Markscheme

The question requires that candidates make an appraisal of the role of Adenauer in Germany’s economic recovery. Responses will gauge Adenauer’s contribution to Germany’s post-war recovery and consider other contributory factors, for example, the importance of Marshall Aid and its funding of the rebuilding of Germany’s industrial infrastructure. The work of Erhard (minister of economic affairs) may also be considered. Adenauer presided over the establishment of a sound democratic system: one that facilitated a strong economic recovery, paved the way for good relations with France and the US, and thus the West, secured Germany’s position in the Western Alliance and its admittance to NATO and the European Economic Community.

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Syllabus sections

HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 4: History of Europe » 17: Post-war western and northern Europe (1945–2000) » Post-war problems and political and economic recovery in western Europe: devastation and debt; reconstruction of France and West Germany (1945–1963) and the impact of the Marshall Plan; role of Adenauer; the German “economic miracle”; role of de Gaulle; “Les Trente Glorieuses” in France
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 4: History of Europe » 17: Post-war western and northern Europe (1945–2000)
HL options: first exams 2017 » HL option 4: History of Europe
HL options: first exams 2017

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