Comparative analysis of the development of post-war Germany: the FRG and the GDR
In this article, the authors analyze the processes taking place on the territory of Germany and the GDR, covering the economy, politics and international relations of these two countries. During the Cold War, these two German states represented a window of capitalism and socialism on each side, despite the fact that their territory was severely damaged during the Second World War and was occupied by the victorious countries for a considerable time, and these two states considered each other irreconcilable enemies during their divided state. Thus, the authors reveal the reasons for the importance of control of each of Germany by the opposing blocs (the United States and its allies, on the one hand, and the USSR and its allies, on the other), study the specifics of the political system and economic models of both Bonn and Berlin, and also give an explanation of their reconciliation and unification in such a short historical period. The fall of the Berlin wall put an end to the division of Germany, in fact, into two States. However, the unification of Germany and the GDR did not go unnoticed both for the psychological mood of citizens and for the economy, primarily in the Eastern part - the GDR.