With the end of communism in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a change to the (western) market economy was inevitable.
This complicated process did not go flawless and took years to complete.
This video tells the story in chronological order.
Sources:
1) BOOKS
I used the following 3 books (unfortunately only available in German):
Die Treuhand - Klaus Behling
Der deutsche Goldrausch - Dirk Laabs
Der Treuhand Komplex - Norbert Pötzl
2) FOTOGRAPHS
• Detlev Rohwedder: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1990-0821-025 / Lehmann, Thomas / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5425767
• Birgit Breuel: By Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F088082-0018 / Joachim F. Thurn, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5473538
• Leuna Works; Von Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F089027-0026 / Joachim F. Thurn, CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5474080
• Multicar: By Felix O; Edited by: burts - cropped and edited version of File:IFA Multicar, Lauscha, Thueringen, August 1991.jpg (flickr), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29906782
• Helmut Kohl: By Europäische Gemeinschaften, 1996, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=110916738
3) STATISTICS
https://de.statista.com/infografik/25258/vergleich-zwischen-bruttoinlandsprodukt-pro-einwohner_in-in-ost--und-westdeutschland/