Inner German relations

Inner German relations (German: Innerdeutsche Beziehungen), also known as the FRG-GDR relations, East Germany-West Germany relations or German-German relations (German: deutsch-deutsche Beziehungen), were the political, diplomatic, economic, cultural and personal contacts between the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany or FRG) and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany or GDR), at the period of the West-East division in German history from the founding of East Germany on 7 October 1949 to Germany's reunification on 3 October 1990.

Postal Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR of September 30, 1971.

of December 17, 1971

Transit agreement

Agreement between the Government of the German Democratic Republic and the on Facilitating and Improving Travel and Visiting Traffic of December 20, 1971^[18]

Senate of West Berlin

Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic on Transport Issues of May 26, 1972 (Local Border Traffic)

of December 21, 1972

Basic Treaty

German-German Cultural Agreement of May 6, 1986

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Treaty on Monetary, Economic and Social Union of May 18, 1990

of August 31, 1990

Unification Treaty

Germany policy since the Grand Coalition of 1966 consisted primarily of seeking negotiations and treaties with the GDR. Since 1969, numerous treaties, agreements and arrangements have been concluded by SPD-led federal governments.^[16]^[17] Article 7 of the Basic Treaty provided for agreements in the fields of economics, science and technology, transportation, legal relations, postal and telecommunications services, health care, culture, sports, environmental protection and other areas.

These included:

Andreas H. Apelt, Robert Grünbaum, Jens Schöne (Hrsg.): 2 x Deutschland. Innerdeutsche Beziehungen 1972–1990. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2013, 978-3-89812-961-9.

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Die Geschichte der DDR. In: Informationen zur politischen Bildung Nr. 231. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1991.

Die Teilung Deutschlands. In: Informationen zur politischen Bildung Nr. 232. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 1991.

Der Weg zur Einheit. In: Informationen zur politischen Bildung Nr. 250. Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Bonn 2005.

Die Deutsche Geschichte. Band 4: 1945–2000. Weltbild, Augsburg 2001.

Geschichte. Pocket Teacher. Cornelsen Verlag, Berlin 2000.

Peter Krewer: Geschäfte mit dem Klassenfeind. Die DDR im innerdeutschen Handel 1949–1989, Kliomedia, Trier 2008, 978-3-89890-122-2 (Diss. University of Trier, 2007).

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Dirk Kroegel: Einen Anfang finden! Kurt Georg Kiesinger in der Außen- und Deutschlandpolitik der Großen Koalition (Studien zur Zeitgeschichte, Band 52). Oldenbourg, München 1996, 978-3-486-56163-0 (Full text in German).

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Frank Bösch (Hrsg.): Geteilte Geschichte. Ost- und Westdeutschland 1970–2000. Göttingen 2015, 978-3-525-30083-1.

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