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The 45 pages that link to West Germany, each with the reason it gives.

• German Democratic RepublicCompared with: It was the GDR’s rival German state throughout the Cold War.

• Berlin BlockadeRelated: The blockade's end cleared the way for founding the western state weeks later.

• Basic Law for the Federal Republic of GermanyNarrower topic: The Basic Law initially served this state rather than all of divided Germany.

• 1972 Summer OlympicsRelated: It was the host country and shaped the Games' political setting.

• Oder–Neisse lineRelated: West Germany initially treated the line as provisional and avoided final recognition.

• GermanyCompared with: Its institutions and constitutional order continued through reunification.

• ThalidomideRelated: Thalidomide first entered the market there under the name Contergan.

• Allied-occupied GermanyBroader topic: It emerged from the western occupation zones as their military governments gave way to a German state.

• Allied occupation of GermanyBroader topic: It emerged from the Western zones as Allied military rule gave way to German self-government.

• Berlin AirliftRelated: The blockade crisis accelerated the establishment of a separate West German government.

• Helmut KohlNarrower topic: Kohl first governed this state before it became part of reunified Germany.

• Munich massacreRelated: Its authorities faced the hostage crisis amid postwar efforts to present a democratic, civilian state.

• Steffi GrafNarrower topic: Graf grew up and began her rise to prominence in West Germany.

• OrdoliberalismBroader topic: Ordoliberal ideas informed influential postwar debates and institutions in the Federal Republic.

• Erich HoneckerCompared with: It was the capitalist German state Honecker’s government defined itself against.

• European Recovery ProgramRelated: ERP funds underwrote the currency reform and industrial revival behind the Wirtschaftswunder.

• Ludwig ErhardNarrower topic: Erhard’s ministerial and chancellorship careers unfolded within this new state.

• Rainer Werner FassbinderNarrower topic: Its postwar institutions and social tensions provide the historical setting for much of his work.

• Franco-German reconciliationBroader topic: The rapprochement initially joined France with this newly founded West German state.

• Inner German borderRelated: It occupied the western side of the fortified inter-German boundary.

• Soviet occupation zoneCompared with: It formed the other German state as the Soviet zone became East Germany.

• West BerlinRelated: West Berlin was closely linked to this state but did not formally become part of it.

• WirtschaftswunderNarrower topic: The boom reshaped this state’s society, politics, and international role.

• BonnRelated: Bonn became its provisional capital after the country’s founding.

• Hallstein DoctrineNarrower topic: Its claim to represent Germany internationally supplied the doctrine’s political foundation.

• KrautrockNarrower topic: Most groups associated with Krautrock formed in West Germany's postwar cultural landscape.

• 1974 FIFA World CupRelated: It hosted the tournament amid the divided political geography of postwar Germany.

• Heinrich BöllNarrower topic: Böll’s fiction and political interventions repeatedly addressed West German institutions and social life.

• East BerlinCompared with: Its political system and claims to represent Germany contrasted with the GDR centered in East Berlin.

• Panavia TornadoRelated: West Germany joined the program to replace aging strike aircraft and strengthen NATO forces.

• Deutsche WelleRelated: Deutsche Welle was founded by the Federal Republic in the aftermath of World War II.

• Erich von dem Bach-ZelewskiRelated: West German courts convicted Bach-Zelewski of crimes unrelated to his leadership in mass atrocities.

• Martin BormannRelated: For decades, Bormann’s disappearance fueled speculation before West German forensic testing identified his remains.

• DeutschlandliedRelated: Its anthem agreement with the former East German states designated the third stanza.

• Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungNarrower topic: The newspaper was founded during the creation of West Germany’s democratic institutions.

• Gerhard RichterNarrower topic: Richter moved there in 1961, entering a different political and artistic environment.

• David HasselhoffNarrower topic: His strongest record sales came in the West German pop market.

• Federal Government of GermanyNarrower topic: The modern government inherited the West German federal institutions created after the Second World War.

• History of GermanyCompared with: Its democratic institutions developed alongside, and in opposition to, the East German socialist state.

• Kurt Georg KiesingerNarrower topic: Kiesinger’s chancellorship unfolded during the Federal Republic’s postwar consolidation.

• Uwe JohnsonRelated: Johnson’s move west placed him in a society his fiction viewed alongside the East.

• Hans Günter WinklerRelated: Most of Winkler’s Olympic career represented West Germany.

• History of BerlinCompared with: Its institutions governed West Berlin’s allies and later returned to Berlin.

• Politics of GermanyBroader topic: Its postwar institutions and political parties form the basis of present-day governance.

• Ulbricht DoctrineCompared with: It was the state whose claim to represent all Germans the doctrine rejected.