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Indivisible Germany: Illusion or Reality

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A decade and a half after World War II the prospects for the reunification of Germany appeared slight indeed. Often heard was a comment to the effect that reunification was not a genuine policy of any of the Great Powers, but merely a propaganda theme which was occasionally emplloyed to mollify the sensibilities of their German allies. The implication of this assumption seemed to be that somehow the troublesome question of a divided Germany would be forgotten or, at least, hidden behind a facade of clichés.

An Eastern and a Western orientation have become abstract concepts for German policy since the defeat in the World War and are no longer positive alternatives, at least not in the sense of an exclusive attachment in one direction...

Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, German ambassador to the Soviet Union, 1922–1928

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Wolfe, J.H. (1963). Indivisible Germany: Illusion or Reality. In: Indivisible Germany. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9199-9_6

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