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Article: The colonization of East Germany. (by West Germany)
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- Monthly Review
- Article date:
- September 1, 1991
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THE COLONIZATION OF EAST GERMANY
I would like to briefly discuss some of the social, economic, and cultural aspects of the German unification process, specifically the differences between East and West German society now being registered in the process of transition to a united Germany.
Until recently, Western studies had emphatically proclaimed that there was no East German (GDR) national identity and that common cultural roots outweighed any minor structural differences between the two German states. With political unification achieved and joint elections held, life in Germany has not settled back into comfortably familiar patterns. In fact, reporting on ...