During the Cold War, the border between Czechoslovakia and the West became a dramatic scene. Between 1945 and 1989 several hundred people lost their lives. 30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, justice is now to be served: German and Czech public prosecutors are trying to bring the truth to light. We reconstruct the events through the eyes of perpetrators, victims, bereaved families and those responsible.
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