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...Parts of the city are experiencing levels of poverty that were previously unknown in Germany. A 1999 report on the East Berlin neighborhood of Hellersdorf estimated that 15% of the population lives below the poverty line - defined as a household income that is 50% or less of the national average. A large number of those are children. Bernd Siggelkow, a pastor in Hellersdorf, says Western politicians made big promises to the residents of East Berlin, but they were not fulfilled. "People here thought, 'Now the West is coming with all its glitter and gold,'" Siggelkow, 39, says...
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