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This master thesis will analyze the background of the involvement of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in Korea during the 1950s in the context of the Cold War. In both Korean states, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) as well as the Republic of Korea (ROK), the so-called humanitarian aid that was provided to them in the form of medical and economic assistance to help surmount the hardship of the postwar period is remembered with great appreciation to this day. However, critical views on the German engagement in Korea are still relatively hard to find. In this paper, two exemplary cases will be studied: the GDR’s city reconstruction project in the North Korean cities of Hamheung and Heungnam and the FRG’s medical assistance to the ROK by means of the West German Red Cross Hospital in Busan. By looking at primary sources like governmental documents, this thesis will examine the geopolitical conditions and particular national interests that stood behind the German development ...
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Masterarbeit Universität Potsdam 2020
Language:
English
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Hochschulschrift
DOI:
10.25932/publishup-48731
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-487315
URL:
https://doi.org/10.25932/publishup-48731
URL:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-487315
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https://d-nb.info/1224269810/34
Author information:
Neitzel, Sönke 1968-
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