In this first installment of a three-part series, Michelle (@shhellgames) and Ted (@ted_knudsen) guide us through the messy months in 1989 and 1990 that resulted in the unified Germany that we know today, and pose the question: Was it really a unification, or rather an annexation? Stay tuned for part two of this series, where we'll hear from someone who experienced this moment in history firsthand. Produced by Isaac Würmann (@wuermann). 

Music by Lee Rosevere. Art by Franziska Schneider. 

To read up on some of the finer details discussed in this episode, check out these links: 

- East Germany's Shock Therapy: An interview with Christa Luft by Max Trecker in Jacobin 

- The Economic Anschluss of the GDR by Rachel Knaebel and Pierre Rimbert in Le Monde Diplomatique