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Reunification
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History part 5: Beginning of a new era
The Wall comes down and the Cold War is history: Reunited Germany becomes a sovereign nation and a close ally of the USA.
Faces and moments: Reunification
A time of change: German reunification made a statement for peace and friendship worldwide.
The Berlin Wall in the USA
Parts of the Berlin Wall are to be found in these US cities
Clemens Meyer: ‘Bricks and Mortar’
A novel set in a Leipzig red light district filled with prostitution and drugs following the fall of the communist regime, it reveals how the sex trade became a booming industry in the former East Germany.
Inka Parei: ‘The Shadow-Boxing Woman’
This work can be seen as an elegantly told detective novel, but it is also a portrait of a young woman on a search in the broken city of Berlin during the post-reunification period.