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there was no freedom there just a generation ago

While the economy was struggling under East German, West Germany had experienced miracle. ... Later, the new elected East German Parliament voted to become part of Federal Republic of Germany, West German republic, effective on Oct 3, 1990. ..

gay liberation behind the iron curtain

Indeed, East Germany's reform of the law stood stark contrast to West Germany, where the regime, led by Konrad Adenauer (. ... Martin, American gay man who lived West Berlin in the 1980s, recalled, East Berlin was kind of warmer and more friendly than in..

beyond the cold war

The division of Europe had been overcome with the collapse of Berlin Wall, literally with the progressive opening of borders between Hungary and Austria, Czechoslovakia and Austria, East Germany and West Germany. ... By 1989 four major processes of change were at work reshaping..

gorbachev, bush split on missiles

The issue strained the in the weeks with West Germany pressing for immediate talks on weapons intended to be used on German soil.. ... Secretary of State James Baker and while United States, West Germany and Britain were brawling about whether to modernize NATO's few..

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