No one complained like they do now every time there is even a small crowd of people. It was a great moment that none of us had anticipated. Seats on planes and trains to Berlin quickly sold out, but hundreds of thousands still found their way into the city to celebrate during a three-day long party and savour the moment. But there has been so much unfairness in the years since. Even though East and West Germany were reunited less than a year later in October 1990, a number of divisions have remained.
Many westerners resent the tax increase and the huge costs of unity.
Easterners resent being treated like a western colony.