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Updated new edition of the SPIEGEL bestseller The 2017 federal election marked a turning point: the AfD entered the Bundestag for the first time. At the time, 21 per cent voted for the far-right party in the east, twice as many as in the west. Sociologist Wolfgang Engler and journalist Jana Hensel were among the first to take this as an opportunity to investigate the causes. They look at three decades of East German history and what neoliberalism and the international shift to the right have caused in the East. Their book provides explanations that have lost none of their topicality and serves as a guide for today's debates: After all, the AfD is now the strongest party in the East. What consequences will this have for the 2024 state elections in eastern Germany and the 2025 federal elections? Is history repeating itself with far greater consequences?
"Be sure to read, be sure to discuss further."

Berliner Zeitung
"If you want to learn something about East Germany, this book offers plenty of historical, political and social facts as well as a controversial discussion." Frankfurter Allgemeine Woche "A highly enjoyable controversy with a very serious background." SWR 2.