borderjumpers

21 august 2022 0

The passions of a German citizen, now a journalist with Die Welt, at the Communist Romania’s borders

Before 1989, Romania was a go-to country for Germans in the Democratic Republic, not only for its Black Sea resorts, but also for its Western border [...]

15 august 2022 0

The Babendererde case. In 1972, a German teacher was shot dead at Jimbolia, in front of his wife and child

About 800 East-German citizens attempted to defect to the West via Romania. Some 250 of them succeeded; and at least three died trying. Or so we [...]

15 august 2022 0

Romania’s Communist Time Border Jumpers: jam-packed in car-trunks and top of train-carts

It sounds odd, but there was a lean Romania: the one of defectors fleeing the country jam-packed in car-trunks, in containers, in false ceilings of [...]

15 august 2022 0

The Anton Frank case: “drowned” in the Danube River with strangling marks around his neck

Born in Romania, taking refuge in East Germany, drowning in Romania, fished out and buried in Bulgaria. This would be the sum-up of the tragic life [...]

25 iulie 2022 0

Fleeing Romanians: How, Where and Why Romanians Had To Justify Their Whereabouts To Authorities

Few could travel to Western countries during the communist regime. One should have enjoyed a special status to achieve that; while traveling to [...]

25 iulie 2022 0

The Jürgen Augst case: A GDR citizen apprehended at Jimbolia for attempting to flee to the West, via Romania

It was only in 2014, that is 40 years after the facts, that Jürgen Augst found the inner strength to talk about the events surrounding his failed [...]

24 iulie 2022 0

The Leonte case: A Romanian student killed in Hungary, by a Romanian border-guard in pursuit

Student Gheorghe Leonte was shot dead on May 29, 1987, close to the Beba-Veche village, in the Triplex Confinium area (or triple border, in Latin), [...]

24 iulie 2022 0

The story of Laurian Lodoabă, who lived to tell: „I swam in tar-like black waters. Suddenly, I had the fright of my life”

The malaise crept in, and got stronger by the day; and so did the thought to leave “the communist paradise”, explains Laurian Lodoabă the reason [...]

24 iulie 2022 0

The Schmerschneider case: „Money would have set us free”

Only people living in those times may fully comprehend the reasons why citizens in the former Communist camp of nations put their lives on the line, [...]

John Pîrva, povestindu-și aventura. Foto: Bogdan Constantinoiu

21 mai 2022 0

The John Pîrva case. He meets his torturers while walking the streets in his city (AUDIO)

You know, as I am talking to you now, I get the goosebumps: any memory gives me the shivers”, tells John Pîrva, and I see his eyes glowing behind [...]

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borderjumpers

The passions of a German citizen, now a journalist with Die Welt, at the Communist Romania’s borders

The Babendererde case. In 1972, a German teacher was shot dead at Jimbolia, in front of his wife and child

Romania’s Communist Time Border Jumpers: jam-packed in car-trunks and top of train-carts

The Anton Frank case: “drowned” in the Danube River with strangling marks around his neck

Fleeing Romanians: How, Where and Why Romanians Had To Justify Their Whereabouts To Authorities

The Jürgen Augst case: A GDR citizen apprehended at Jimbolia for attempting to flee to the West, via Romania

The Leonte case: A Romanian student killed in Hungary, by a Romanian border-guard in pursuit

The story of Laurian Lodoabă, who lived to tell: „I swam in tar-like black waters. Suddenly, I had the fright of my life”

The Schmerschneider case: „Money would have set us free”

The John Pîrva case. He meets his torturers while walking the streets in his city (AUDIO)

FRONTIERIȘTII. În comunism, românii căutau drumul spre libertate și via RDG (I)

Richard Schmidt: „Mama, morgen bin ich frei oder tot“

The Peter Mibus story: A West-German border-jumper for love

Premieră. Fuga din România comunistă, subiectul unei dezbateri organizate de o instituție a statului român

Însetat de libertate, Alex Konick a fugit noaptea, pe fâşie. Acum lucrează la Departamentul de Stat al SUA