Why is East Germany richer than Poland?

https://i.redd.it/4gaaecmrnlpd1.jpeg

Posted by SignificantCode8873

9 Comments

  1. Because they were richest country of the Eastern Block and were heavily subsidized by West Germany in post commie times?

  2. Icy-Document9934 on

    To be short GDR (German democratic republic) was the most successful economy in the eastern bloc. Also after the reunification an effort to develop the east made a HUGE ton of money pour onto its economy.

  3. GDR had industry from technology, fabrics, farming, cars, etc. even supplied Poland with Food when they had shortages.
    Poland didnt have a meaningful or big industry, also not a big farming industry at this point yet.
    If they werent held back by the Soviet Union demanding to be the single receiving customer for some technology or by heavy sanctions from the West it could have been much more successful.

    After the annexation (?) by West Germany many of its industry had been closed down or taken by western investors but some of the old companies still produce and ship internationally today, in some parts also world leading. lenses from satellites for example, microscopes, etc. are from Carl Zeiss.

  4. Niemcy jeszcze dają więcej pieniędzy swoim landom niż Polsce. Liczymy, że to się zmieni.

  5. kakao_w_proszku on

    East Germany was THE poster boy of the communist bloc. They got by far the best treatment out of all the Warsaw Pact countries just to show the world how great the life in a communist utopia is.

    Poles meanwhile were ex-noble oppressors and Ruthenian colonists so all they got was empty shelves and being forced to sell their only natural resource (coal) at like 1/10 the market price.

  6. Ponieważ nas okradli i zniszczyli nam kraj, później przyszli ruscy i dalej kradli. Później kradli i kradnÄ… politycy, a teraz uÅ›miechniÄ™ci bandyci pod wodzÄ… niemieckiego tFuska niszczÄ… i kradnÄ… dalej…