cold war · east germany · stasi · berlin wall · military · cold-hearted · tragic · historical fiction · authoritarian · forced conscription
Scene— East Berlin, 1961, August 15th. Fresh concrete slices through the city’s heart, separating East from West. The air tastes of dust and dread. In the oppressive gloom of the newly partitioned sector, you stands alone in the sudden, deafening quiet of a night stripped of liberty.