Österreich und die DDR 1949-1990
Politik und Wirtschaft im Schatten der deutschen Teilung
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
ISBN 978-3-7001-8035-7
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eBook. PDF
2016
Umfang: 656 S.
Verlag: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
ISBN: 978-3-7001-8035-7
Produktbeschreibung
After diplomatic recognition, Austria became a diplomatic “ice breaker” for the GDR and East Berlin honored this policy in several ways. In 1975, Austria became the first Western country that officially recognized East German citizenship. This caused anger in West Germany, but it helped to solve a high number of humanitarian hardship cases. Chancellor Bruno Kreisky played a vanguard role in East Berlin’s relations to the West and economic relations increased significantly. Austria provided loans and received large-scale orders for its nationalized industries in return. This business-concept helped keep the ailing GDR solvent and in the end contributed to the severe crisis of Austria’s nationalized industries in the mid-1980s. Nevertheless, Austria and the GDR had become economic partners and Austria’s position towards German reunification was at least ambivalent. The monograph is a fundamental contribution to our knowledge on East German foreign and economic policy as well as the political culture of neutral Austria – especially with regard to the Kreisky years.
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