the impact of ostpolitik on travel between the 2 german states Flashcards
What did ostpolitik aim to do?
Normalise relationships between east and west germany
What was feared by the GDR of a closer relationship with the FRG?
It was feared that people in the GDR would become more accustomed to higher living standards and that they would ignore the political ideology in favour of the Western ideology
What was done to tackle the differences between frg and gdr?
Abgrenzung, policy of demarcation where the differences between both states were emphasised in favour of the SED.
What treaty was created to counter closer contact with the west?
The GDR-Soviet Friendship Treaty of 1975 which emphasised the GDR’s closer ties with the USSR
What did Ostpolitik echo?
The detente that was being experienced by the USSR and USA during the late 1960s
What did the GDR benefit from, from Ostpolitik?
Financial aid from FRG, increased trade with the FRG and increased international recognition from the abandonment of the Hallstein Doctrine
What advantage did Willi Brandt have?
That he was leader of the Socialist Democratic Party giving him good negotiating power with the GDR
In 1963 Brandt successfully negotiated what with Ulbricht?
That families in the FRG could visit families in the GDR
Due to the change in travel policy from 1963 how many people travelled from west to east in 1971 to 1973
in 1971 the number who travelled east increased from 1.2m to over 6m in 1973
In 1964 what did Honecker allow pensioners to do?
He allowed the to travel over the wall and into the frg without the need to return
What were West Berliners allowed to do from 1963 onwards?
allowed to travel into the gdr for up to thirty days
What was the Basic Treaty of 1972?
it was the GDR and the FRG accepting one another’s existences and it also stated that future disputes could not be settled with threat or force
The GDR gained international recognition too, 1974 the USA recognised it as a diplomatic country
?What was the impact of the Basic Treaty 1972?
It enabled for future relations to have a solid foundation to be built upon. It showed that both nations could keep their identities without fear that either of them would lose them. It’s success is shown through increased travel between FRG and GDR throughout 1970s
the number of calls between member states rose what between 1971 to 1976?
six-fold
