Photographs of sites where attempts were made to cross the inner-German border.

Drawn from the archives of the Stasi, police, and border troops (1961–1989), the images document not individuals but routes.
Tunnels, waterways, dead ends, signals – a spatial logic of escape unfolds.

The book moves like a labyrinth.
Historical document and projection intertwine.

What emerges is not narrative, but pressure:
an image of movement directed westward, toward an elsewhere charged with freedom and desire.

Details

For a deeper understanding of escape routes and surveillance along the inner-German border, see this overview of border regimes and escape attempts.

• 2018
• 220 pages
• 140 black-and-white images
• 23 × 30.5 cm
• Hardcover (thread-bound)
• Language: German
• ISBN 9783956952580
• Spector Books