FACHARBEIT Englisch - Amerika in Augsburg

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friendlier one over the first ten years. Since the US Garrison did not leave completely
until the year of 1998, there are a lot of more aspects about the German-American
relationship in Augsburg and the first ten years were only the beginning of a developing
friendship between the US citizens stationed in Augsburg and the Augsburg civilian
population.
Conclusion
Due to my limited space and the given time frame, it is not possible for me to show all
different facets of the time the US Garrison stayed in Augsburg after the Second World
War. I still hope, though, that this work gives the reader a good overview of the
situation in Augsburg after the war, and that it is detailed enough to understand the
main aims and the system of the American Military Government, that had been
established in the whole American occupied section of Germany, as well as the
situation with which the American soldiers and the civilian population had to deal with in
Augsburg. An organisation, called “Amerika in Augsburg”, has been established in
2005 because the US invasion of Augsburg had been 60 years ago. This organisation
is interested in documenting the history of the 50-year presence of the US Garrison in
Augsburg. They staged the exhibition “Re-education and Rock’n’Roll” in the Kulturhaus
Abraxas, which dealt with the German-American relationship that had been established
after World War II. This organisation focuses on personal experiences of Germans and
Americans as well as on the influence the “American Way of Life” had on Augsburg
and its inhabitants. It is very important to preserve the memories of this time and to
keep them for the next generation not only because of a better understanding of the
former situation but also because the achievements made by the US army, their
dependents and the citizens of Augsburg have to be remembered.