Allied powers again

[GuavaHalf]

There was a time on answerbank when my question about allied powers over Germany (about 6 questions below this one) would have been answered in a sensible and cheerful way by those in the know. Now the site has been taken over by the pedants who want me to write a longwinded question instead of the simplified version I asked. For those people let me rephrase the question:

"The Germans signed a surrender document at the end of the second world war (yes I know that the war carried on for some time after this in the Pacific so I am probably incorrect in stating that it was signed at the END of the war). This presumably gave the allies certain powers over Germany and its people. I assume that most of these have been handed back to the German people but I am curoius to know whether any of these powers still remain. Could anybody who knows the answer to this please explain what if any powers remain."

 Thank you.

[Octavius]

The Allies instituted a thorough ongoing denazification process, a process which continues to this day in Germany (it is still aganist the law to wear a swastika - hence the uproar over Prince Harry). 

On March 15th, 1991 the "Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany" formally ended the rights of the four allied countries to Germany.

At the beginning of 1990, Germany was still two separate countries, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The borders between the two had been opened the previous November, the Berlin Wall had been reduced to rubble, and citizens on both sides were calling for a united Germany.

Representatives from these two German nations, along with the four former allies from WWII, agreed to a series of talks aimed at bringing about German reunification. These talks, cleverly titled the "Two-Plus-Four" talks, produced the "Treaty on the Final Settlement With Respect to Germany", often simply referred to as the "Two-Plus-Four" treaty.

The treaty was signed in Moscow on September 12th, 1990, clearing the way for German reunification, which occurred almost immediately after, on October 3rd of the same year. However, the treaty did not officially take effect until it was ratified by all parties, and the "instruments of ratification" were delivered to Germany. The Soviet Union, not surprisingly, was the last to ratify the treaty, which it did on March 4th, 1991. The process was then completed when the "instruments of ratification" were deposited in Bonn, Germany on March 15th, 1991.

[Octavius]

The ratification of the Unification Treaty and the Two-plus-Four Treaty marked the termination of the rights and responsibilities of the four victorious powers 'with respect to Berlin and Germany as a whole'. Germany thus regained complete sovereignty over her internal and external affairs which she had lost 45 years previously with the fall of the nazi dictatorship.

[PunkDaddy]

In short. No.

[GuavaHalf]

If this site were a legal document than I would concur with your views Bernado (believe me I deal with enough legal documentation to know all about accuracy and precision). However this is an informal website where the questions posed are often the opening for a discussion of the issues involved. I therefore consider the way my original question was dealt with to be pedantic. If you feel differently please feel free to ignore any questions I may pose in future and in turn I will ignore you.