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 | | Germany and Berlin were occupied and partitioned by the Allies, with West Germany (Federal Republic of Germany - FRG) and West Berlin being controlled by the Western allies and East Germany (German Democratic Republic - GDR) and East Berlin by the Soviet Union. |
 | | Since reunification Germany has resumed its role as a major centre between Scandinavia in the north and the Mediterranean region in the south, as well as between the Atlantic west and the countries of central and eastern Europe. |
 | | Germany was also the homeland of scientists like Helmholtz, Fraunhofer, Fahrenheit, Kepler, Haeckel, Humboldt, Einstein, Born, Planck, Heisenberg, Creuzfeldt, Hertz, Koch, Hahn, Leibniz, Liebig and Bunsen; and inventors and engineers such as Gutenberg, Otto,Bosch Siemens, Braun, Daimler, Benz and Diesel. |
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