After months of protests, the Berlin Wall, which had separated East and West Germany ideologically and physically for 28 years, fell on November 9th, 1989. This paved the way for German reunification, which finally took place a year later. Even though the two parts have grown together in many ways over the past 30 years, However, the former division can still be felt today. 93% of large corporations are still located in the West and East Germans earn 15% less. Even more than economic differences, there are social ones. 60 percent of East Germans feel like second-class citizens. This is also reflected in the election results. In East Germany, the far-right AfD is clearly more successful than in the west. 

We will talk to Daniel Schulz and Lucas Goerlach about what it was like to grow up in East-Germany, what went wrong during reunification and to what extent the country is still divided nowadays.

The Wall in our heads

Floor Meijboom