The answer is b). The communist east Germany was held by USSR and the democratic West Germany was with the Western Powers
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1) The Rabbis helped teach the Jews what God wanted from them.
2) Life was okay in that the Jews were left in peace and allowed to have their own leaders as long as they followed the Greeks. But, they were angry that the Greeks made them worship their Gods instead of their own.