Klaus Wiegrefe
Klaus Wiegrefe writes for Der Spiegel where he has been in charge of its contemporary history section since 1997.
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By Klaus Wiegrefe
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1 October 20102Der Spiegel Hamburg
While Germans celebrated the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Helmut Kohl and Francois Mitterand were at war over the consequences of a united Germany. Secret government documents obtained by Der Spiegel appear to show that Bonn was forced to sacrifice the Deutschmark for reunification.