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there was no freedom there just a generation ago

Exactly three decades today, the fall of Berlin Wall marked the end of what was referred to by East German officials as. While the economy was struggling under East German, West Germany had experienced miracle. ..

far-right surges in 2 east german elections but

More broadly, AfD has tapped into disillusionment in the east, particularly in rural areas, among people who feel left behind after nearly three decades of German unity. Promises of equal living standards did not always become reality, salaries in the east still lag behind those in..

at friedrichsfelde « lrb blog

The memorial to them at the entrance was put up by East German in 1951. ... East German government was suspicious of modernism, and it also associated the memorial with Kommunistische Partei and the interwar split between the communists and social democrats. ..

‘how the west eats its children’

International relations experienced profound change with the paralysis of Soviet Union in 1986, then with the revocation of Warsaw Pact in 1989, when East German Communist Party destroyed Berlin Wall, finally, with the dissolution of USSR in 1991.. ... Contrary to commonly-held belief in..

jewish currents

subsequent study found that the sexual attitudes of East German and women were more complementary and East German self-reported higher level of enjoyment than their Western counterparts. ..

social democrats win in berlin

BERLIN -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats to Berlin elections Sunday, giving them choice of partners that could return East German communists to in the capital for the time since German reunification. ..

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