After the wall came down and the GDR collapsed, East Germans were surprised how simple the life of the highest government functionaries was. They had a small ga

After the wall came down and the GDR collapsed, East Germans were surprised how simple the life of the highest government functionaries was. They had a small gated community, with a level of luxury (except perhaps for extra labor) which is comparable to North American middle class: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldsiedlung https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldsiedlung