Praised as “one of the best books about post-reunification Germany” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Moritz von Uslar wrote a book about his observations in the East-German province ten years ago. Now it’s Germany, summer 2019: The AfD becomes the people’s party in the East. Merkel suffers bouts of shaking. Von Uslar returns to Brandenburg for four months. Again, he takes the history and inhabitants of the small city as they are. He hangs around in illegal pubs, living rooms and beverage stores. He takes notes or leaves his recording device on.
Unlike ten years earlier, though, the reporter is no longer a stranger in this small city. And one thing soon becomes clear to him: This is no longer the Germany of a decade ago. The tone between people has deteriorated. “If you come back to our city again, you have to write a political book,” Raul, one of the protagonists, had told the reporter.
Anyone who wishes to understand this country in transformation – 30 years after the fall of the wall – should follow the great storyteller, humanitarian and sharp political mind Moritz von Uslar on his journey. But it’s not just fun and games this time.
