The Treuhand's legacy | DW History

I wouldn&#39;t have thought that the woman was afraid of being the next to be abolished.<br><br>As Germans, we wouldn&#39;t have just thrown them into the sea, would we?!<br><br>But yes, quite a few things really went wrong, and even West Germans can admit that today.<br><br>My parents were a bit more conventional about it. They said the whole East was being rebuilt with their money, and therefore the people in the East should be satisfied. The rest should essentially be taken care of by the state.<br><br>The problem is that the state has failed through its sub-companies such as the Treuhandanstalt (Trust Agency) or the expansion of Deutsche Bahn (German Rail).The problem is also that East Germany consists of small towns and villages and is structured very differently from West Germany. Therefore, things like the railway require a completely different approach.<br><br>Additionally, these were of course two cultures clashing even though we were the same people. You essentially have to teach it to someone who grew up in a kind of communism, but not a good one as one might imagine it. How can one achieve anything by acting voluntarily because the state will not help one. And unfortunately, not everyone has a job in a capitalist system. It always depends on the number of jobs available, and usually there are fewer jobs than workers.