Only a tunnel leads to freedom - The true story of a spectacular GDR escape
In 1962, Dieter Hötger dug a tunnel from West to East Berlin. He wants to bring his family to him, but their plan is betrayed: A Stasi machine gun salvo awaits Dieter at the tunnel exit. He survives seriously injured and ends up in the notorious GDR prison Bautzen II, where his wife Brigitte is sent to Hoheneck women's prison and little Axel to a children's home. After years of solitary confinement, the strong-willed Dieter is the only inmate in the history of Bautzen II to escape ...
Brigitte's granddaughter Liane Kirchner tells the story of her family, who still carry the trauma of violence and arbitrariness of the GDR regime within them.
