 The two Germanies, divided politically, remained united by language (although with two political systems, some terms had different meanings in East and West).West German television reached East Germany, which many East Germans watched and from which they obtained information about their own state in short supply at home.Being part of a divided country, East Germany occupied a unique position therefore in the Eastern Bloc unlike, for example, Hungary in relation to Austria, which had previously been under one monarch but which were already divided by language and culture.