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The Dating Wall: Why A Long Reunified Germany Still Has So Few East-West Couples

A couple takes a selfie in front of the "brotherly kiss" between USSR's leader Brezhnev and East Germany's president Honecker.
A couple takes a selfie in front of the "brotherly kiss" Berlin wall mural depicting USSR's leader Brezhnev and East Germany's president Honecker. Album via ZUMA Press

Only 5% of German couples are formed by East-West partners. So why, 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, does an invisible wall still seem to keep Germans apart romantically?

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