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East West Struggle Deepens Split in Germany
Berlin dispatch describes two Germanys forming after 1945. West Germany under Adenauer revives with a booming economy and widespread emigration from East Germany. East Germany stagnates under tight Soviet control with rising ministers, frontier pressures, and plans for industrial expansion while intellectuals flee.
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Berlin
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Max Frenzel
Brotha
Max
East Germany
United States
Germany
Hitler
Western Europe
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Union
Stalin
Near-Starva
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Britain
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Adenauer
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Otto Grotewohl
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Reich
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Nikita Khrushchev
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