Michael Sauga
Michael Sauga was an editor for the business weekly Wirtschaftswoche and the German news magazine Focus. He is the author of Wer arbeitet ist der Dumme – die Ausbeutung der Mittelschicht (Only Dummies Work: The Exploitation of the Middle Class). Since 2000 he has worked at the Berlin office of Der Spiegel covering work and social issues.
Updated: 1 October 2010
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.