Season 1

Fall 1989: a revolution in the air, life in flux, a defining turning point. For physicist Angela Merkel, with a doctoral degree, the search for a political home and a chance to help shape the new order leads almost by coincidence to the Democratic Awakening, which would later merge into the CDU. This moment marks the spark of her political ascent, catapulting the newcomer from obscurity into Helmut Kohl's government within a few months. What drove the newcomer and career changer Angela Merkel into politics?