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German border towns split by cultural and physical chasm
In two villages 150 miles west of Berlin, Rueddenstedt in the west and Sommersdorf in the east show starkly different postwar cultures. West residents enjoy modern homes and jobs while the east remains poorer with limited services and no phones. The towns share a border past and a now fragile national unity.
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Rueddenstedt
Sommersdorf
Germany
Bueddenstedt
Rheinhart Koch
Koch
Wolfgang Walter
Sommerdorfers
Berlin
Hans-Joachim Denzinger
Denzinger