“The man at Angela Merkel’s side”: Joachim Sauer’s insights into an eventful life

It says that Sauer personally reports in the book about growing up in the SED dictatorship, about life in the GDR and about the beginning of his research career as a quantum chemist.

The 352 pages also discuss the time after the fall of the Berlin Wall, his experience of German unity and how he experienced his wife’s political rise to the position of Chancellor. “The man at Angela Merkel’s side tells the story personally for the first time.”

Sauer (77), an internationally renowned scientist, largely stayed out of the public eye during his wife’s (71) chancellorship and was only rarely present at appointments.

He accompanied Merkel primarily to cultural events. The couple has been married for 27 years.