The Importance of Reunification

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For those living in East Germany, the change was profound. Reunification made successes of some and victims of others. And today, it's being debated like never before. Almost half of West Germans say that they consider reunification to have been a success story. The same goes for less than a third of East Germans. In a speech last month, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said... We must all learn to understand why for many people in East Germany,. unity has not been a solely positive experience.

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