ASIN: B00CS6Q16G
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 305
After a daring escape from East Germany, Wolf Richter, a young electronics engineer, finds out quickly that his ‘new country’ treats him with utmost suspicion. West German security squeezes him dry, he can’t find a job, and two words are constantly thrown in his face - von drueben!Jessica, the curvaceous Bavarian medical student, took a swig of Vodka tonic and said with a twinkle in her expressive brown eyes, “Wolf, how long have you known Horst? Are you also … von drueben?” By now Wolf knew these two words had a strictly negative meaning in the West. They meant an escapee, most likely with little financial resources. But he wanted to be truthful. “Yes, I’m von drueben. We both studied at Rostock University.”She looked at his cheap Russian wrist-watch. Pivoting on her bar stool, she said flippantly, “Well, all the best to you in the West.” But then, after calling a mysterious uncle ...
