germany is a welfare state but the g.d.r. was a caring paternalistic society where you never had to worry about your own future or your livelihood. of course the price we paid for that was that we had much less freedom that. you later started in west berlin and the areas research institute this week but from what i see from your resume it all went pretty smoothly for you. you were one of the editors of a book called third generation is germany which contemporaries of yours tell their stories of how the great was the destruction they experienced up. the experiences people had while things were changing after the collapse of communism were different for each individual or in particular i'd like to stress the children who grew up in families very loyal to the communist system was suddenly faced with