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The Wall (Berlin Wall)
A New Germany (1989), Part 1
Season 1
Episode 5
The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 brings unprecedented change, and Margot must act fast. Lotte hopes for a new kind of socialism.
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50:23
As walls crumble, Margot needs people she can trust, and chooses an unlikely ally.
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45:52
Margot prepares for the worst, transferring money to Swiss bank accounts.
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46:58
Ina is determined to get Roland sold and transferred to the West.
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53:37
Margot must deal with someone from her past who she’d hoped to never hear from.
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46:40
In the GDR, two sisters fight for their respective ideals on socialism.