This caricature comments on the signing of the State Treaty on May 18, 1990. Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl, larger than life, carries a dwarf-sized East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière, who is suspended from the treaty's seal. The cover of the treaty features a 1-Deutschmark coin. The treaty, which established a monetary, economic, and social union, fixed the date for the introduction of the Deutschmark (DM) in the German Democratic Republic – July 1, 1990. The treaty signified the economic end of the German Democratic Republic, even though the official reunification only took place on October 3, 1990. Caricature: Walter Hanel