ABSTRACT
In September 1976, the painter and president of the artist union of the GDR, Willi Sitte, received a letter from a West German person whose name he had never heard before. 1 The man introduced himself as Peter Ludwig, “CEO of Leonard Monheim KG, one of the largest chocolate producers in the world.” More than a year ago, he wrote, an instant hot chocolate production plant operated by his company had been set up in Bergwitz (GDR), and he hoped for further cooperation to follow.
