400,- Euro plus your actual rent, plus free health insurance plus some other benefits. A value of around 1000 Euro. 
Working for 40 hours per week for 10 Euro (above the minumum wage) gets you 1600 Euro before taxes. After taxes you are close to the 1000 Euro you get for free. 
For 70-80% of the world population this sounds too good to be true.<p>The Germans lost their minds...