Estimates on the cost of rebuilding eastern Germany have been steadily raised as the region's economic woes multiplied.

Rebuilding eastern Germany has dragged down Germany as a whole.

An account of the Allies' plan for rebuilding Germany.

International German leaders reached a "solidarity pact" on paying to rebuild eastern Germany.

They say they have poured more than $660 billion into rebuilding eastern Germany, and will continue such payments for years.

The Government is spending $122 billion this year to help rebuild eastern Germany.

You do not have to have rebuilt Germany after the war to be celebrated here.

We can no longer blame the legacy of the war or the Marshall plan that rebuilt Germany for our failings.

They had to rebuild east Germany after the reunification, and they still pay reparations for the world wars.

They also predict that rebuilding eastern Germany will cost more than $1 trillion over the next decade.