Freedom for Sale - Buying Prisoners' Freedom in Divided Germany

Name: Freedom for Sale - Buying Prisoners' Freedom in Divided Germany
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2005

2005· 1h 29m

Documentary

Directed by Sissy von Westphalen

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Overview

One of the most controversial dealings between the FRG and DDR and a political secret until the collapse of Communist Germany: the sale of over 33,000 political prisoners for diamonds, crude oil, exotic fruits and foreign currency.

Cast

Wolfgang Vogel

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Ludwig Rehlinger

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Other films by Sissy von Westphalen

Diplomacy in the Shadow of the Wall - Bonn's East Berlin Arm

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