Inglorious German unification, Hanna Behrend; the East German political parties and movements before and after the fall of the GDR, Manfred Behrend; an unparalleled destruction and squandering of economic assets, Harry Nick; changing the East German countryside, Christel Panzig; rolling back the gender status of East German women, Gerda Jasper, et al; the end of a European tradition in scholarship and culture?, Horst van der Meer; right-wing extremism in East Germany before and after the "anschluss" to the Federal Republic, Manfred Behrend.