MEETING POINT OF DIFFERENT CULTURES GERMAN REUNIFICATION by Czech team (Klára Pucholdtová, Lukáš Bank, Pavel Colledani, Petra Schmauderová, Ráchel Kalvachová, Tereza Adámková)
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MEETING POINT OF DIFFERENT
CULTURES
GERMAN REUNIFICATION
by
Czech team(Klára Pucholdtová, Lukáš Bank, Pavel Colledani, Petra Schmauderová,
Ráchel Kalvachová, Tereza Adámková)
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German reunification
3.10.1990 Berlin
East Germany (East Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-
Anhalt, Thuringia, Saxony and Maclenburg
Vorpommern) + West Germany (Bavaria, BadenWürttemberg, Saarland, Thuringia, Hesse, Rhineland
Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony,
Bremen, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein)
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WEST GERMANY EAST GERMANY
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- first step to German reunification was the fall of
Berlin wall- 9.11.1989.
- 1.7.1990, three months before the official
German reunification in East Germany, was
introduced the German mark. It replaced the
original means of payment „die Mark“
- one year later, 3.10. 1990, WE and EG were
united. But the joy of the end of divided countries
was shadowed by high unemployment, statedebts, broken election promises and many
unfulfilled hopes.
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- most of the East Germans wanted the
reunification
- after the borders were open, many of them
hurried to West Germany
- there were huge celebrations in Berlin- free foodin restaurants, welcome money (100 mark),
champagne, cheers and hugs, 10 000 free
tickets to football game.
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- there were no spotaneous celebrations in the
other major West German cities
- in Bonn, Gunter Ingmanns said he set out to
celebrate the border opening, but found no
one in the streets.
- Bonn resident said: „My aunt is worried that
she´ll be forced to house some migrants.
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Polls
A poll in April 1990 showed that 66% of
respondents were for reunification (the figure
had decresed by 9% in a year)
Among the young (18-37) only 37% wanted
reunification, among the people over 50 the
figure goes to 88%
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• There's a human side to the reunification that we in theUK can barely begin to imagine. I was in Berlin on aschool trip the month before the wall came down.Whilst walking along the wall (on the Western side) wemet a man from the East who'd waited years to get
permission to come over for a weekend and visitrelatives that he sincerely thought he'd never see againin his lifetime. When I saw the news just one monthlater it brought tears to my eyes to think what it meantto him and thousands more.
John F, Oxford, UK
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• I work and live on both sides of Germany and the dividebetween the Ossi's and Wessi's is very much still alive.But maybe if the Western side had taken some time toactually look at some of the Eastern ways then maybethe country could have unified. Clearly, not all theWestern ways were the better. The social system,the kindergarten system, working mothers forexample. A study was recently completed of 15 and 16- year-olds on two towns near the "border", it wasincredible to read that kids on both sides still dislikedor resented each other. But the German mediacontinually churn out the "Wessi v Ossi" rubbish, so it'salways in peoples minds. This suits the governmenthere as people don't question them, but blame the"other side" for their problems. Richard, Germany
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• The debt incurred by reunification will take at least twodecades if not more to clear and will no doubt have aneffect on the EU, although not that clear at present. My sister-in-law and her husband worked for fifteen years at
the museum House (escape museum) on CheckpointCharlie and I have personally met many escapees. Many East Germans have now returned home to the East, whocan blame them. The celebrations were beyond belief,but then the truth came out, who was paying? Now weknow the answer to that question. Governments since
1989 have thrown billions into a bottomless pit, its nowonder that there is ill feeling. It seems that the thenchancellor was interested in only making a name forhimself. Life will go on, but Europe may well end uppaying the cost, Germany can't and probably will nottry paying for both the rebuilding of the East and
supporting the majority of the EU. The Germangovernment has blundered, and at what cost, to date theGerman Inland Revenue cost it as Euro 30 billionthrough unemployment. The cost of reunification,around Euro 750 billion. From a world leader to thebiggest debt in its history is a big drop. Will Germany
ever recover, or will it drag Europe down with it? Styeve, Bettinghausen, Germany
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• Having grown up on the wrong side of the border, ie the
German "Democratic" Republic, I am still dazzled at
times about the sheer easiness with which a wholedespotic regime was swept away. Isn't it funny that a
German people should be able to do such a thorough,
bloodless coup d'etat? I think we should be dancing
on the streets every 3 October, patting each other's
backs and drinking to the future instead of wallowing in angst and self-pity. But then again,
Germans will be Germans.
Maria M, Leipzig
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