Treuhand - How East Germany switched to a market economy

With the end of communism in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a change to the (western) market economy was inevitable. This complicated process did not go flawless and took years to complete. This video tells the story in chronological order. Sources: 1) BOOKS I used the following 3 books (unfortunately only available in German): Die Treuhand - Klaus Behling Der deutsche Goldrausch - Dirk Laabs Der Treuhand Komplex - Norbert Pötzl 2) FOTOGRAPHS • Detlev Rohwedder: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1990-0821-025 / Lehmann, Thomas / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, • Birgit Breuel: By Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F088082-0018 / Joachim F. Thurn, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, • Leuna Works; Von Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F089027-0026 / Joachim F. Thurn, CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, • Multicar: By Felix O; Edited by: burts - cropped and edited version of File:IFA Multicar, Lauscha, Thueringen, August (flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, • Helmut Kohl: By Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1996, CC BY 4.0, 3) STATISTICS
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