Jens George Reich said: “People imagine that reunification will be the answer to all their dreams. » While reunification marked the official end of communism in Germany, problems actually arose from processes unexpected by the German people. Reunification was implemented ineffectively by incompetent leadership in an unfavorable economic and social context which led to political, economic and social consequences as the problems associated with the East far outweighed the benefits that can be brought from the West. Indeed, German citizens dreamed that the West could bring a certain degree of peace and economic stability that would strengthen a coherent German identity. Despite Germans' favorable outlook for reunification, early steps failed to establish a foundation on which Germany could live up to the dreams of the people. peace, prosperity and unity. The collapse of communism in Europe meant a change in people's way of thinking, as East Germans had suffered repression for forty years. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the free elections of March 1990, a positive vision of the future and a belief in freedom began to proliferate among East Germans. German Chancellor Kohl had an optimistic view of the future and believed that German free enterprise would create "economic miracles." This new method of thinking was developing in East Berlin before problems of reunification were slow to develop within society. Indeed, the first stages of reunification did not respond to the people's dreams of a democratic society without debt and repression. Contrary to Chancellor Brandt's assertion that "what goes together will now come together...... middle of paper...... arose after unification, proved that reunification did not meet to the short-term dream of a unified German identity. , but has created many areas of debate and division, as evidenced by increased racial violence. Although German citizens in both East and West dreamed that the reunification process would bring peace, economic stability, and a renewed sense of nationalism, this was not the case. Reunification fulfilled to some extent their dreams of freedom and an official end to communism, but it also brought obstacles and difficulties that had not previously been identified by the population, such as high unemployment following reunification. These factors unexpectedly created division and instability that German politicians, businessmen, families and workers faced during and after German reunification...