Compatriots 1977–1987: Two Germanys

Germany at the end of the 1970s. The post-war period has been overcome, the economic miracle has been accomplished and the division into West and East has finally been completed. Capitalism and Socialism have a deep impact on the daily life of Germans and the differences between the political, economic and social systems are constantly growing. Divergent customs, mentalities and ideologies in both German states seem to be solidifying. Yet despite the wall and the barbed wire, the FRG and GDR are in fact extraordinarily similar in terms of their petit bourgeois nature, their uniformity, architecture and habituality. Read more.

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