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Westward Migration Has Germany’s “New States” Feeling Old

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, over 1.5 million people – mostly women – have left eastern Germany to seek jobs in the West. This undercuts the economic future of a region already saddled with low fertility, unemployment, and industrial decline.


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