Only 5% of German couples are formed by East-West partners. So why, 35 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and reunification, does an invisible wall still seem to keep Germans apart romantically?
Author: Helena Ott
At ZEIT ONLINE since October 2024, in between a year as a freelance journalist and before that four years at the Süddeutsche Zeitung, most recently in the business department. Trained at the German School of Journalism (DJS) in Munich. Studied political science and communication science in Erfurt.