Blog – Political education
Here you can find our current articles from our department for political education. In addition to articles on the subject “On This Day in History”, you can find everything about political education here. If you have your own suggestions, comments or ideas for projects, please contact politik@asta.rwth-aachen.de.
On This day in history: Hong Kong lending
Great Britain forced the lease of Hong Kong for 99 years – but implicitly the empire assumed that the territories would remain permanently, the time frame serving only to save China’s face.
On This day in history: Charles de Gaulle becomes Prime Minister of France
As early as September, he presented the French people with a new constitution that transformed the political system into a presidential system.
On This day in history: Passage of the Grundgesetz
On this day 73 years ago the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) was adopted. Since then, it has served as the constitution of the West German federal republic and, after 1990, also of the reunited Germany. For months, the 4 mothers and 61 fathers of the Basic Law had worked on...
On This day in history: First National Assembly
The first democratically elected parliament on German soil.
On This day in history: Arrest of Adolf Eichmann
62 years ago today, SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Adolf Eichmann was arrested by the Israeli secret service "Mossad" in Argentina. Eichmann was born in Solingen in 1906. In 1932 he joined the NSDAP, in which, after some professional setbacks, he obtained a permanent...
On This day in history: Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Subsequently, two notes were passed that brought the U.S. close to entering World War I as early as 1915, which, however, dragged on until 1917.
On This day in history: Coming into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty
The occupation of Japan ended exactly 70 years ago today. Since then, the state has once again become an independent nation and the Pacific War has also ended in diplomatic terms.
On This day in history: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The uprising is considered the largest Jewish resistance movement against Nazi rule.
On This day in history: First appearance of the peace signs
One of the most famous peace signs is the CND symbol. CND is the acronym of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. This campaign was founded in 1957 by opponents of nuclear buildup and was at the forefront of the peace movement in the United Kingdom. It demanded...
On This day in history: Weltbühne trial
On this day 93 years ago, the German weekly Die Weltbühne, considered the mouthpiece of the radical democratic left, published the article Windiges aus der deutschen Luftfahrt. The ensuing trial was one of the most spectacular criminal proceedings against critical...