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East-west German identities revealed
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December 17, 2012, Monday
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THE majority of eastern Germans see their western compatriots as "arrogant" and mostly money-minded, according to a new survey that shows distinct east-west identities.
More than 22 years after the reunification of Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a major study by the Allensbach Institute showed that easterners held strongly negative views of westerners but high opinions of themselves.
The study found that 71 percent of easterners believe westerners are "arrogant", 57 percent see westerners as interested primarily in money, and 45 percent believe westerners are "shallow".
"East Germans have practically only negative views of west Germans," reported Welt am Sonntag newspaper, which published excerpts of the Allensbach study yesterday. "By contrast, the self-perception of east Germans is overwhelmingly positive."
The survey revealed that there are still strong perceptions of separate identities between east Germans and west Germans more than two decades after the end of the Cold War that led to German unification on October 3, 1990.
More than 22 years after the reunification of Germany following the collapse of the Berlin Wall, a major study by the Allensbach Institute showed that easterners held strongly negative views of westerners but high opinions of themselves.
The study found that 71 percent of easterners believe westerners are "arrogant", 57 percent see westerners as interested primarily in money, and 45 percent believe westerners are "shallow".
"East Germans have practically only negative views of west Germans," reported Welt am Sonntag newspaper, which published excerpts of the Allensbach study yesterday. "By contrast, the self-perception of east Germans is overwhelmingly positive."
The survey revealed that there are still strong perceptions of separate identities between east Germans and west Germans more than two decades after the end of the Cold War that led to German unification on October 3, 1990.
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