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========== In November 1989, the Berlin Wall separating
East and West Germany began to be demolished, signaling an end to a divided Germany. But
despite the country slowly equalizing in the last quarter of a century, considerable differences
still remain between the two halves. So, how is Germany still divided? Well, after World War Two, Germany was split
in two by Allied forces. The eastern half went to the Soviet Union to be run as a communist
state, while the western half went to the European capitalist community. From 1945 to
1989, West Germany flourished while East Germany faltered. When the Berlin Wall fell, West
Germany effectively encapsulated their weaker counterpart, leading to a number of lasting
differences in both society and economy. Today, unemployment in the ...