A Guide to Eastern Germany

In August 1990 East and West Germany signed a treaty of unification, to be ratified by the four World War II Allies. Already the border crossings had disappeared, and the infamous Berlin Wall had been virtually demolished. Opportunities for visiting East Germany are now unrivalled since the partition of the country. Still more visitors will pour into this part of Germany after custom and frontier controls are abolished. This book describes the landscape from the Baltic Coast, and the history of this part of Germany, looks at those who contributed to the country's tremendous cultural inheritance and the treasures of Saxony.