Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of German Reunification, but what happened to East Germany's top football clubs?

Piece on the GDR's fallen giants for @dw_sports:

#Germany30 🇩🇪 https://www.dw.com/en/german-reunification-what-happened-to-east-germanys-top-football-clubs/a-55134253
What happened to East Germany's top football clubs?

When German reunification was completed 30 years ago, East Germany's top football clubs were integrated into the Bundesliga pyramid. But they struggled to compete and some huge names have slipped...

https://www.dw.com/en/german-reunification-what-happened-to-east-germanys-top-football-clubs/a-55134253
BFC Dynamo, the pride of Stasi boss Erich Mielke, won 10 #DDR Oberliga titles in a row.

Where are they now? Visited them last season for @dw_sports:

#Germany30 #30JahreEinheit https://m.dw.com/en/stasi-club-bfc-dynamo-what-happened-to-the-record-east-german-champions/a-51084561
BFC Dynamo: What happened to the East German champions?

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the 10-time East German champions are languishing in the fourth division. BFC Dynamo are a unique club battling with the specters of past and present.

https://m.dw.com/en/stasi-club-bfc-dynamo-what-happened-to-the-record-east-german-champions/a-51084561
What was it like to play for an East German club? And what was it like to watch football in the former #DDR?

I spoke to former @1fclokleipzig player Rainer Lisiewicz and a Tottenham fan who travelled to #Leipzig in 1974.

#Germany30 #einheit30 https://m.dw.com/en/champions-league-when-tottenham-hotspur-played-leipzig-behind-the-iron-curtain/a-52399929
The last time Tottenham played in Leipzig

RB Leipzig met Tottenham for the first time this week, but it wasn't the first time Spurs have played a Leipzig team. In 1974, they played Lokomotive Leipzig: a different club, at a different time,...

https://m.dw.com/en/champions-league-when-tottenham-hotspur-played-leipzig-behind-the-iron-curtain/a-52399929
The biggest eastern German club these days are - arguably - Dynamo Dresden.

They were relegated to the #3Liga last season but still took over 30,000 to Hertha BSC away in the cup. Because that’s what Dynamo do.

For @dw_sports:

#sgd1953 #einheit30 https://m.dw.com/en/dynamo-dresden-and-the-soko-dynamo-58-affected-but-they-mean-all-of-us/a-51033143
Dynamo Dresden: '58 affected – but they mean all of us'

Over 30,000 fans accompanied second-division Dynamo Dresden to Hertha Berlin away in the German Cup. They weren't just supporting their players on the pitch, but also fellow fans under investigation...

https://m.dw.com/en/dynamo-dresden-and-the-soko-dynamo-58-affected-but-they-mean-all-of-us/a-51033143
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