ABSTRACT
For most of the world, the question of German unification was mainly a diplomatic and foreign policy issue. Although most of the public debate in reunited Germany has tended to focus upon economic issues such as the collapse of East German industry, mass unemployment, career difficulties and differences in wages and living standards, this book argues that the internal divide between East and West Germans is cultural and is based upon different moral values in the two Germanies. All statistics indicate that the East Germans live as well as the West Germans—national solidarity does indeed work, and there are no signs at all that this solidarity is diminishing. The book suggests the core moral lesson from Nazi Germany is that evil originates when there is an unfavorable balance between the individual and the group. It focuses on the situation in which the group overpowers the individual.
