Why were there so few bank robberies in communist east Germany? — Because you had to wait for 15 years for a getaway car. - English example sentence

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pne January 19, 2014 January 19, 2014 at 3:09:04 PM UTC

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East Germany with capital E?

Dejo January 19, 2014 January 19, 2014 at 11:14:37 PM UTC

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I wouldn't put a capital E on east, because East Germany was never the official name of any country. (It was the Democratic Republic of Germany.) With a lower case E, you understand that it was the eastern part of Germany which was communist at the time.