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.
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.