BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 09: The communist-era apartment complex at Wilhelmstrasse in East Berlin stands as the broadcast tower at Alexanderplatz is visible behind on August 9, 2012 in Berlin, ... more 

BERLIN, GERMANY - AUGUST 09: The communist-era apartment complex at Wilhelmstrasse in East Berlin stands as the broadcast tower at Alexanderplatz is visible behind on August 9, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. The apartment complex, completed in 1991 and once home to members of communist East Germany's elite, occupies a prime real estate location in the city center and is slated for demolition by investors. The move has provoked outcry not only from its residents, but also from many Berliners who see landmarks and other signs of the city's communist past being erased under a furious pace of gentrification. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) less