[BobL]

I had heard this in the 1980s - the East German government didn’t bother cleaning up the war mess. This is great to see - shove it in the FACE of leftists. They had 45 years to clean it up and didn’t bother.

[Red Steel]

East Germany looked about the same as it did in 1945.

[kabar]

They tried but they didn't have the money and the political system didn't help. Still, East Germany was in far better shape than Poland. Among Warsaw pact countries, East Germany was considered something of a paradise by comparison.

I lived in Warsaw for two years (1981-83)and then moved to West Berlin for four years and traveled to East Berlin often. Big difference.