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[3] www.researchgate.net/figure/West-Germany-and-East-…
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[5] foothill.edu/german-unification-study/econ.html
[6] www.nytimes.com/1995/06/03/your-money/IHT-reconstr…
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[8] www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/world/europe/germany-id…