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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Beyond The Wall
Former exchange student Gerry Hadden revisits life at a crtical point along Germany's former East/West border, in the now peaceful and prosperous Baltic Sea coastal town of Travemunde.
In the 80s, still immersed in the Cold War, it was frequently a place where escape attempts, and lives, ended in a hail of automatic weapons fire.
Audio: BBC, PRI & WGBH's The World, November 2. Host: Jeb Sharp.
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