The Peaceful Revolution reached its provisional conclusion in the fall of 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall, but when can we talk about German unity? On October 3, 1990 or on July 1, 1990, the date of monetary, economic and social union? What is certain is that with the adoption of the Federal Republic's economic and socio-political system and the introduction of the D-Mark as the sole means of payment in the GDR, unity was formally completed to the greatest possible extent. At last, Western money was no longer the projection screen for unfulfilled consumer desires. However, the cat's meow of the first redundancies and rising costs was not long in coming. All this is shown in the new special exhibition on the 35th anniversary of monetary union, which will be opened that evening.

Keynote speech: Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk, Historian DDR Museum, Berlin/ Bayreuth

Introduction: Sören Marotz, Exhibition Director DDR Museum