Decades after fall of Berlin Wall, East German towns try to lure back workers.
, won nearly a quarter of the vote in regional elections in the state of Thuringia, in what was East Germany. The party is polling around 14 percent nationally.
In an attempt to reverse their fortunes, many of the East’s small towns like Lauchhammer are actively recruiting returnees, as well as new residents from around Germany. That was indeed one of Herz’s reasons for moving back to quiet Lauchhammer, around 90 miles south of Berlin, a sleepy city where there is little industry.“We specifically made the decision to set up a company here because we also wanted to create jobs,” added Herz, who said that two thirds of his class left for the West around the same time that he did.
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