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Confidence votes 57.9K. In many ways life in East Germany, like in most Eastern Bloc countries, was drab and dreary-and of course regulated by the state. The economy was not very well geared to consumers.The essentials of life (food, housing, basic clothing, public transport) were cheap.onfidence votes 57.9K. In many ways life in East Germany, like in most Eastern Bloc countries, was drab and dreary-and of course regulated by the state. The economy was not very well geared to consumers.
The Iron Curtain Divided Europe and Berlin. During the time I was in Germany, Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain.. Intense Communism controlled the lives of people in the countries to the east of the iron curtain, contrasted with freedom in countries to the west.The above map shows a proposed tourist trail along where the Iron Curtain once stood.t the end of World War II, Berlin (Germany's capital city) was divided into four zones. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French zones. East Berlin was the Soviet Union's zone. West Berlin became a popular way for people behind the iron curtain to escape communism.