March 8, 2012 12:29PM 

# East Germany Before and After Liberation 

By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) 

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A [remarkable photo gallery](http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,720326,00.html) from Der Spiegel and photographer Stefan Koppelkamm of crumbling urban scenes in the former East Germany and their revival after the fall of communism.

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