Rise of the east in Germany


Election posters in a village outside Erfurt, in the German state of Thuringia. Thuringia is one of three states in the former East Germany facing critical elections in September. — ©2024 The New York Times Company

ANNA Wenske, 69, spent decades working at the national theatre in East Germany, where she was born and still lives.

“After the reunification, everything went kaput,” she says. She lost her job and savings, and it took her years of part-time work to regain stability.

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