Germany: Behind the Wall

Insight into life in East Germany under the repressive communist rule of Stalin, whose image became as ubiquitous as Hitler's, and the hated secret police, the Stasi. Paranoia and fear became endemic among the population, yet despite the many dangers, a few people continued to resist the tyranny, culminating in rallies that led to the toppling of the Berlin Wall - and the regime - in the autumn of 1989. Featuring contributions from Czech statesman Vaclav Havel, former West German president Richard von Weizsacker and writer Gunther Grass