American zone in Germany
The American zone in Germany: according to the Allies’ decisions made at the conferences in Yalta (February 1945) and Potsdam (July 1945) after WWII the defeated Germany was divided into four occupying zones, that is Soviet, American, British and French ones. The sovereign power was given to the Control Council for Germany (Sojusznicza Rada Kontroli) consisting of commanders-in-chief from USA, USSR, Great Britain and French armed forces, whose task was to control the processes of demilitarization, denazification of offices and law, democratization of government and decartelization of Germany’s economy. The American zone included countries of South-West Germany, that is: Bavaria, Hessen, Baden-Württemberg and Bremen. Contrary to other occupants, the Americans were not the followers of industry’s nationalization and agricultural reform, but they sought to divide large enterprises into small ones. They conducted a thorough denazification of even very low-level offices. American tribunal in Dachau sentenced to death more than 1000 Nazi war criminals. National Constituent Assembly election took place on 30th June 1946; they resolved Land’s democratic constitutions. German political parties began their activity. On the 1st January 1947 American and British zones joined themselves and created the so called Bizone. After the French zone was added on the 7th September 1949, together they created the Federal Republic of Germany.
