Moderation: Cathrin Kahlweit

A new wall runs through Germany. Much of what went wrong after 1990 can be explained by mistakes made during the unification process, others are the result of false expectations. The result after more than three decades is a toxic mood that is affecting ever larger sections of the population - in both East and West. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, one of the most renowned experts on the history of the GDR, and Bodo Ramelow, Vice President of the German Bundestag and former Prime Minister of Thuringia, ask about the causes of the AfD's widespread election victory in the new federal states and about the prospects for our democracy. Their book (C.H.Beck) is both an intelligent analysis and a respectful debate.

Organizer: Stiftung Literaturhaus