What Became of East Germany's Party Riches?
The hunt for the assets of the former East Germany’s ruling party has the hallmarks of a thriller. There are dubious characters, bags of cash, and key witnesses who suddenly die. At its heart is the question: How do you stash away 6 billion marks? After the fall of the Berlin Wall, with the Cold War over and German reunification on the horizon, lawyer and politician Gregor Gysi inherited a fortune worth billions. Hardly anyone knew about the wealth of East Germany’s ruling party, the SED.
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