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1993: Secrets and spies, love and tragedy in Stasi East Germany
The Berlin Crossing
What you need to know before your trail
Brandenburg 1993: The Berlin Wall is down, the country is reunified and thirty-year-old school teacher Michael Ritter feels his life is falling apart. His wife has thrown him out, his new West German headmaster has fired him for being a socialist, former Party member and he is still clinging on to the wreckage of the state that shaped him. Disenfranchised and disenchanted, Michael heads home to care for his terminally ill mother.
Locations
Reset- Germany - Berlin
- A: Checkpoint Charlie
- B: Alexanderplatz
- C: DDR Museum
- D: Reichstag Building
Streetview Maps
A) Berlin - Check point Charlie
c) Berlin - Reichstag
Booktrail Boarding Pass: The Berlin Crossing
Destination: Berlin Author/Guide: Kevin Brophy Departure Time: 1989 onwards
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