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322: East Germany: Life Behind the Iron Curtain

The Rest Is History

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The Economic Crisis in East Germany

In the 80s, is there a sense that the economy in East Germany is starting to run down relative to the West? And are East Germans becoming resentful of that? Yeah. I mean, their problem is that they're trying to create a socialist society. So basically a society where everyone has enough of everything, but nothing luxurious or kind of on top of that.

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