The study examines the history of scientific publishing houses with identical names in East and West Germany during the period of German division. It elucidates GermanGerman relations in the post-war period based on the example of the publishing industry, offering a nuanced view of the connections and interactions of political, cultural, and economic motivations and interests of the actors and systems.

Anna-Maria Seemann, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.