Ever wondered what it must have been like growing up behind the
Iron Curtain, on the wrong side of the Berlin Wall? Would your days
have been haunted by the shadow of the omnipresent secret service,
the Stasi, or was reality somewhat more mundane? In this humorous
and touching memoir, Oliver Fritz takes us behind the myths, into a
world of bottled fruit, corny commie jokes, socialist folk songs,
sticky-taped plastic bags and Trabant cars. Where kids are counting
the years to retirement, pensioners have no qualms breaking the
law, holidays involve smuggling western newspapers from the Soviet
Union or money to Czechoslovakia and being mistaken for a westerner
is a teen's dream. Underpinning daily life in the German Democratic
Republic is Oliver's longing to know what things are like on the
other side of the Wall...and the mixed feelings that result when,
with the help of a tin of mushrooms, he finally begins to find out
for himself...Visit www.ironcurtainkid.com for more info.
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