Chronicle Volume 1954

"Germany becomes football world champion" - many people in the Federal Republic associate the year 1954 with this event. The sporting success is a symbol of the self-confidence that has been rediscovered after the Second World War. For most German citizens, the reconstruction is expressed in the ongoing "economic miracle". The struggle between East and West is increasingly transferred to the sideshows of world politics: France is defeated by the communist troops of the Vietminh, in Guatemala the USA supports the overthrow of the democratically elected government under President Guzman.

The chronicle shows these events, but it also shows how people lived back then and brings history to life. This makes the 1954 chronicle a unique gift.