Poverty, lack of material resources. The Soviet Union was busy with military confrontation with the United States, and most of its resources were devoted to armaments. The highly centralized system established by the Soviet Union was implemented throughout Eastern Europe, and farmers' production income was basically taken away. Before Khrushchev came to power, farmers were not even allowed to engage in sideline business. Workers' income is distributed by the state, and materials are rationed by the state. Shops are all under the control of the state (think about the times when China lived on various kinds of tickets, but China didn't have the KGB network all over Warsaw Pact, so it couldn't achieve that kind of control).

Without access, you can't get anything to improve the quality of life (the Soviet Union even refused the dishwasher, the Far East has access to get a walkman from China, and you can't get anything from China without access). After the economic revival in Europe, productivity has developed greatly and materials are abundant. Shops full of bread in West Germany are like heaven for East Germans.

First, East Germany.

German Democratic Republic (German: Die Deutsch Demokratische Republic), short for Democratic Germany (German abbreviation: DDR), commonly known as East Germany, was a central European socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. 194910/kloc-0 was established in the occupied area of Germany and the Soviet Union on October 7, with East Berlin as its capital, and implemented the socialist system and planned economic system.

East Germany is located in the northeast of today's Germany, with an area of107,71km2, bordering Czechoslovakia, the Federal Republic of Germany (also known as West Germany) and the People's Republic of Poland, and bordering the Baltic Sea in the north.

This country is considered by most people as a satellite country of the Soviet Union. A large number of people disagree with the political and economic system of the country. The June 17th Incident occurred in 1953, and Soviet troops stationed in Germany participated in the suppression. In its early days, it faced a serious problem of population flight. In 1950s, 2.7 million East German residents illegally crossed the border into West Germany due to political or economic factors.

Second, West Germany.

The full name of Germany is the Federal Republic of Germany, which is abbreviated as the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, abbreviated as "BRD"). 1945 Battle of Berlin 16 After the defeat from April to April 30, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Soviet Union on May 2 and to the allied forces on May 8 of that year. After that, German territory was occupied by allied forces and controlled by the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France. 1949 On May 23rd, the occupied areas of the United States, Britain and France merged to form the Federal Republic of Germany, which was also called West Germany before the reunification of the two countries. In the same year, the Soviet-occupied area established the German Democratic Republic, also known as East Germany, with East Berlin as its capital.

1990 10 10 On 3 October, the German Democratic Republic announced that it ceased to exist, and its territory was formally merged into the Federal Republic of Germany, and the two countries were unified. The name "Federal Republic of Germany" was the full name of the unified Germany. The capital of West Germany is located in Bonn and will be returned to Dublin after reunification.