28 Oct 2020
Hotel Astoria
At Hotel Astoria, the former hotspot of Leipzig, guests were served champagne and turtle soup while the Stasi listened in. Animated memories from times gone by.
Es lebe die R...
In interviews, several important GDR personalities and also GDR citizens comment on the events of October 1989.
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