Question: “Do you expect that the division between the GDR and the Federal Republic will cease to exist in the foreseeable future and that a united Germany will emerge? | 1951 % | 1952 % | 1953 % | 1954 % | 1955 % | 1956 % | 1957 % | 1958 % | 1959 % | 1973 % | 1983 % | 1989 % | Yes, absolutely | 10 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Yes, probably | 17 | 15 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 17 | Unsure | 36 | 41 | 36 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 39 | 46 | 51 | 32 | 33 | 44 | No | 28 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 34 | 24 | 53 | 60 | 33 | No response | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -- | 1 | Source: „Wiedervereinigung als Möglichkeit im Zeitvergleich (1951-89)“ [“Reunificiation as a Possibility: A Comparison over Time (1951-89“], in Erwin K. Scheuch, Wie deutsch sind die Deutschen? Eine Nation wandelt ihr Gesicht [How German are the Germans? A Nation Changes its Face]. Bergisch Gladbach, 1991, table 43, p. 201. |