In July 2022, Jutta Günther was interviewed for the ZDF Terra X program "Erfolgsakte Ost" in Berlin - broadcasted on October 1, 2023. Which products and technologies from the GDR were able to survive on the German and international markets after 1990? In addition to the well-known brands Kathi, Rotkäppchen and Halloren, there were also research-intensive achievements in optics, aerospace and cooling technology. Inventions and patents were plentiful, but in terms of the economy as a whole, there was a lack of incentives and opportunities for widespread implementation.

ZDF shows all this with eyewitness and expert statements in the Terra X feature "Erfolgsake Ost - Was die DDR überlebte" (Successful East - What Survived the GDR). Jutta Günther's interview contributions relate to the research of the BMBF-funded collaborative project Mod-Block-DDR (2018-24). The project explores the long-term consequences of socialism and transformation. It asks what consequences modernization blockades of the GDR still have today in the East German states: https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/obstacles-to-modernization-in-the-economy-and-science-of-the-gdr-mod-block-ddr

To the TV contribution (in German): https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x-history/erfolgsakte-ost--was-die-ddr-ueberlebte-100.html