Germany

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 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

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 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, [...]

31 martie 2022 1

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

Were the Oscar nominated Canadian director Arthur Hiller still alive, we might have now a sequel of his „Love Story” movie, with the material [...]

7 martie 2022 0

The story of East-German Eike Radewahn, whose dreams of defecting ended at the Danube River

Public opinion in Germany was paying more attention to the East-Germans being killed at the Berlin Wall – which do not exceed 200 – than to those [...]