its parliamentary majority in the  Volkskammer  (People’s Chamber); subsequently, on August 23, 1990, the  Volkskammer  re-established the five pre-war states —  Brandenburg ,  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ,  Saxony ,  Saxony-Anhalt , and  Thuringia (disestablished in 1952) — for the reunification of East Germany to West Germany. The  Wende  Main articles:  Die Wende  and