What were some differences between eastern Germany and western Germany after world war 2?

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Abreviations: WG = West Germany, EG = East Germany

  1. political systems: the East was a one-party police state under the SED, or the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, the West was a multi-party democratic state mainly governed for the first 20 years by the CDU/CSU and then by various coalition governments.
  2. WG inhereited a large industrial capacity, EG a large agriarian economy.
  3. WG became a Nato member, E G a Warsaw pact member
  4. EG had a large emmigration problem, WG a large Immigration problem

Similarities include:

  • founded in the same year, 1949
  • both suffered terrorism of some kind:
    • WG through groups like the Baader-Mienhof Gang
    • EG through the operation of the State Security Services, the Stasi.
  • common language, common currency (except East DMs not tender in West)
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