original_query: What role did Henning Behrens play in the reunification of Germany in the late 1980s?
query: What role did Henning Behrens play in the reunification of Germany in the late 1980s?
answer: In the 1970s, he worked as a special assistant to the German government, coordinating basic research on a divided Germany and helping pave the way for reunification in the late 1980s.