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Living conditions and political situation in the GDR. Topics: improvement in conditions in the east zone; improvement in nutrition situation, legal conditions and administration; improvement in conditions from pension increase; introduction of the 45 hour week and elimination of food rationing; paths to reunification; time required until reunification; block affiliation of a reunited Germany; judgement on the policies of Adenauer regarding reunification; prestige of Adenauer; speech of US president Eisenhower on the Near East situation; contents of the speech of Eisenhower; attitude to the Eisenhower Plan; effect of the Hungarian revolt on the prestige of the USSR; effect of the Hungarian revolt on the situation in the GDR; effect of the Suez incident and the Hungarian revolt on the prestige of the USA. Demography: occupation; age; school education; state; frequency of stays in the west; sex; date; place of interview; interviewer number.