The end of World War II left Germany partitioned into 4 sectors, which were controlled by France, United States, Russia and Britain. Germany’s capital, Berlin, had also been partitioned similarly. However, the British, French and American sectors were united in 1949 to form West Germany (“The Rise and Fall,” n.d.). This became known as the capitalist country while the remaining sector under Russia was the communist country (Engel, 2011, p. 24). The border between the communist and capitalist states was closed but the one dividing Eas...
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