Wirtschaftswunder (de)

an economic miracle, especially the economic recovery of the Federal Republic of West Germany after the Second World War

Yalta Conference (en)

held from February 4 to 11 in Yalta, USSR, 1945; FDR, Churchill and Stalin met to discuss Europe's postwar reorganization

Zollverein (de)

(German Customs Union) a coalition of German states formed to manage tariffs and economic policies within their territories; formally established Jan 1 1834; by 1866, included most German states; lasted until the end of WWI