The Treuhandanstalt, or trust agency, was responsible for privatising state owned companies in East Germany after reunification. From 1990 to 1994, this mammoth public organisation oversaw the painful process of converting to a market economy that led to sweeping changes and millions of job losses in the former GDR. A fascinating documentary on a time of euphoria and disappointment.

 

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