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CIA Activities In Germany
American espionage in Germany was significantly intensified during World War II and the following occupation of Germany. As the Iron Curtain ran through the middle of Germany during the Cold War, divided Germany was an important center of US espionage activities. US intelligence monitored the politics of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1990), Federal Republic of Germany as well as conducting espionage and propaganda against the Eastern Bloc. The CIA and other American intelligence services worked closely with the West German Federal Intelligence Service, BND, which was a close ally of the Americans. Even after German reunification, a significant American intelligence presence in Germany remained. In 2013, the 2010s global surveillance disclosures, global surveillance and espionage affair revealed that the American National Security Agency, NSA had Eavesdropping, eavesdropped on and Espionage, spied on almost all top German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. The re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IG-Farben-Haus
The IG Farben Building – also known as the Poelzig Building and the Abrams Building, formerly informally called The Pentagon of Europe – is a building complex in Frankfurt, Germany, which currently serves as the main structure of the West End Campus of the University of Frankfurt. Construction began in 1928 and was complete in 1930 as the corporate headquarters of the IG Farben conglomerate, then the world's largest chemical company and the world's fourth-largest company overall. The building's original design in the modernist New Objectivity style was the subject of a competition which was eventually won by the architect Hans Poelzig. On its completion, the complex was the largest office building in Europe and remained so until the 1950s. The IG Farben Building's six square wings retain a modern, spare elegance, despite its mammoth size. It is also notable for its paternoster elevators. The building was the headquarters for production administration of dyes, pharmaceut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
