Gesine Kühne

The death strip, yes.

Todesstreifen.

Todesstreifen.

Todesstreifen.

When he was 16, he was actually knocked down by an old Stasi guy because he said something about the GDR, like something not even nasty, but saying, well, in this shitty place, you can't even get a lemonade because it was summer and all the lemonades were out, which happened.

When he was 16, he was actually knocked down by an old Stasi guy because he said something about the GDR, like something not even nasty, but saying, well, in this shitty place, you can't even get a lemonade because it was summer and all the lemonades were out, which happened.

When he was 16, he was actually knocked down by an old Stasi guy because he said something about the GDR, like something not even nasty, but saying, well, in this shitty place, you can't even get a lemonade because it was summer and all the lemonades were out, which happened.

And so he knew he always had this file and he couldn't move as he wanted to because... Because he complained about there being a lemonade deficit. Exactly.

And so he knew he always had this file and he couldn't move as he wanted to because... Because he complained about there being a lemonade deficit. Exactly.

And so he knew he always had this file and he couldn't move as he wanted to because... Because he complained about there being a lemonade deficit. Exactly.

And we've been followed when we're driving around with the car. We've been followed by the Stasi all the time. And my parents always looked to the backseat and said to me, okay, when we arrive now, you're going to be sick again. You have to act sick. So I've been like holding my stomach and acting all sick and so on. So we got, I don't know, a couple more weeks in the GDR.

And we've been followed when we're driving around with the car. We've been followed by the Stasi all the time. And my parents always looked to the backseat and said to me, okay, when we arrive now, you're going to be sick again. You have to act sick. So I've been like holding my stomach and acting all sick and so on. So we got, I don't know, a couple more weeks in the GDR.

And we've been followed when we're driving around with the car. We've been followed by the Stasi all the time. And my parents always looked to the backseat and said to me, okay, when we arrive now, you're going to be sick again. You have to act sick. So I've been like holding my stomach and acting all sick and so on. So we got, I don't know, a couple more weeks in the GDR.

So mom could finish up whatever she had to finish up. And then we left. But the day you leave, they cut your passport and you're not a citizen of anywhere. Like you don't have a passport. You don't have an identity anymore, pretty much. And the good thing was us being Germans, when we went to West Berlin, you're instantly a German citizen. So that was kind of good.

So mom could finish up whatever she had to finish up. And then we left. But the day you leave, they cut your passport and you're not a citizen of anywhere. Like you don't have a passport. You don't have an identity anymore, pretty much. And the good thing was us being Germans, when we went to West Berlin, you're instantly a German citizen. So that was kind of good.

So mom could finish up whatever she had to finish up. And then we left. But the day you leave, they cut your passport and you're not a citizen of anywhere. Like you don't have a passport. You don't have an identity anymore, pretty much. And the good thing was us being Germans, when we went to West Berlin, you're instantly a German citizen. So that was kind of good.

46 or 40 years later, actually, wow. I have to deal with that a lot. I'm actually trying to work through things because we're ripped out of our environment and now slowly realizing how much harm it actually did.

46 or 40 years later, actually, wow. I have to deal with that a lot. I'm actually trying to work through things because we're ripped out of our environment and now slowly realizing how much harm it actually did.

46 or 40 years later, actually, wow. I have to deal with that a lot. I'm actually trying to work through things because we're ripped out of our environment and now slowly realizing how much harm it actually did.

So this is part of the wall, which is like now a monument, East Side Gallery, with lots of different paintings along the wall.