“Pushing the boundaries and uniting the world: That’s what Mars One is about.” SpaceGermanyMarsSpace ExplorationDeutschlandMars OnePotsdamNico Marquardt Author:Nico Marquardt
“Now that the Emperor has accepted the Potsdam Declaration, we must lay down our arms. Obeying the Emperor's order, we shall not fight. We must keep peace and order and we shall not make any trouble.” OrderFightingTroubleArmsLaysAcceptedDeclarationEmperorObeyingPotsdam Author:Seishiro Itagaki
“One of my unsung heroes is Erich Mendelsohn. I met him when I was a student and he was a cranky old man and very unpleasant. But if you go to his Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany you see an enormous intellect at work with a language that was personal and new. It has a sense of urban design and of theater and procession I hadn't seen before.” IfsMenLanguageDesignStudentsHeroMetsTheaterIntellectEnormousGermanyOld ManTowersUrbanProcessionCrankyUrban DesignUnsung HeroPotsdam Author:Frank Gehry
“The United States are a miracle: the division between two states is sometimes a river or a mountain, and sometimes it's a straight line. But nobody says, "That tree really belongs in South Carolina. I shan't do anything about it now, I'll get it back later." I shall go after I am here to London and after that to Potsdam, where Comrade Stalin, Mr Churchill and Harry Truman divided up Europe; and what we see now is the result of that. The Americans would have accepted it. But Europeans don't accept anything.” TwoSometimesStatesLinesUnitedResultsAcceptingUnited StatesTreeMountainEuropeRiversMiracleSouthLondonAcceptedDivisionDividedComradeCarolinaStraight LinesSouth CarolinaTrumanHarry TrumanPotsdam Author:Quentin Crisp
“On 17th July there came to us at Potsdam the eagerly-awaited news of the trial of the atomic bomb in the [New] Mexican desert. Success beyond all dreams crowded this sombre, magnificent venture of our American allies. The detailed reports ... could leave no doubt in the minds of the very few who were informed, that we were in the presence of a new factor in human affairs, and possessed of powers which were irresistible.” MindHumansDreamSuccessScienceDoubtNewsAffairTrialsFactorsDesertNo DoubtBombsReportsAlliesPossessedMagnificentVentureMexicanJulyCrowdedIrresistibleAtomic BombPotsdam Author:Winston Churchill
“That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement.” StatesPresidentUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesGreaterAgreeGermanyAgreementReparationsTrumanPotsdamPresident Truman Author:James F. Byrnes
“The carrying out of the Potsdam Agreement has, however, been obstructed by the failure of the Allied Control Council to take the necessary steps to enable the German economy to function as an economic unit.” StepsEconomyEconomicFunctionAgreementUnitsCouncilPotsdam Author:James F. Byrnes
“The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement.” MeanPayEconomyWork OutGermanyAccomplishedAgreementBalancedApprovedImportsPotsdam Author:James F. Byrnes