Reunification

With the geological split of the east and the west came a social split in German culture and the way people organized their lives.  While west Berlin was controlled by the capitalist allies, the east was controlled by communist Soviet Union.  The west Germans experienced more options and choice in their lives.  The east Germans obviously did not have as many luxuries.  From our western perspective it seems the the capitalist way of life is much better, and many east Germans would agree, as many tried to flee into the west.  However, people are creatures of habit and after a while, the east Germans came to grow accustomed to their simple way of life even if they did not have as many things.  This caused some unforeseen problems after the wall came down.  Although it took the physical border only a couple minutes to come down, the social border has taken years to crumble.  The east Germans who were used to having everything decided for them had a hard time functioning amidst all the new found self-reliance and choice.  The westerners had a hard time understanding what the easterners were going through.  This created some animosity that is just now finally disappearing completely.

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Reunification

With the reunification of Germany there was some positives and negatives that came with it. The East and West were now able to move freely through out Germany and also the East became more free. With them being joined back together it made the East seem far behind the west because of the years they were separated. East struggled to keep up with the rapid moving West because of there years under strict communist rule. The East is more needing being told what to do and rule following, were as the West is more free spirited and upbeat. Even though the two are pretty much separate cultures in one country many people do like the way that the two cultures blended together but there is also still some that would rather have the two cultures separated again to have there old way of life back that they are more comfortable with.

Reunification

With the reunification of Germany, the East Germans were able to experience the freedom that West had always had. They could live on the other side and experience the people and freedom with jobs and such. Some of the problems were that the reunification happened really quickly for the East. People had to get placed into an entirely different society. People in the west were more open and free socially, while those in the east were more reserved. People in the west were used to prospering and having the Marshall plan, and the east was not used to accepting that new help and success.

Reunification

The unification of the East and West was a postive event in German and the Worlds history, however there were some negatives. The unification happened too quickly with the view that it would be simply. Both sides didn't want to sacrifice theiir ways and it was hard to adapt to the others views. Even though it's been hard it has had some positive effects as well. In Berlin you can experience both cultures which gives the city an exciting aura.