TV Series

Busting the Berlin Wall (2009)

Name: Busting the Berlin Wall
Genre: Documentary

First aired January 1, 2009
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 2

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For 28 years, the Berlin Wall split a city and a whole nation. While the notorious dangers frightened many GDR citizens, there were others who tried to overcome it. Families fly across the border in a home-made hot air balloon or swing over the Wall hanging from a makeshift pulley. The Wall still works but Communism is crumbling behind it. Suddenly, the borders are open, and the Wall comes down.

Created by: Oliver Halmburger

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Season 1 · Episode 2 · January 8, 2009

Fall

Part 2 focuses on dramatic East Berlin escape stories of the 1970s and '80s as the GDR regime crumbled at the end of the Cold War. But as the GDR was planning a new, "gentler" Wall with infrared, laser, chemical and...