WEBVTT - Episode 8: Fodor's Guide to Berlin, Chapter 2 0:00:05.280 --> 0:00:09.200 The seasoned traveler knows that even the best laid plans 0:00:09.600 --> 0:00:13.960 often go astray. If you travel long enough, delays and 0:00:14.000 --> 0:00:19.120 disruptions are inevitable. Inclement weather can cancel a flight, cars 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:22.480 and buses break down, trains are delayed, and workers go 0:00:22.520 --> 0:00:25.840 on strike. Your luggage may be lost, and you might 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:29.960 need to get yourself somewhere quickly and be unable. All 0:00:30.040 --> 0:00:32.600 this may lead you to find yourself stranded in a 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:37.880 foreign land, not speaking the language, with no means of escape. 0:00:37.960 --> 0:00:42.839 You might feel lost, trapped, even helpless. But with the 0:00:42.920 --> 0:00:47.400 right perspective, these delays can become opportunities to this savvy traveler, 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:51.000 a chance to discover a new corner, make a new friend, 0:00:51.680 --> 0:00:55.440 try a new meal, get to understand something deeper about 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.600 yourself or your travel companions. Delays might keep you from 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.760 your desk, but the true joy of travel is in 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:07.199 the journey, not the destination, And with the right attitude 0:01:07.200 --> 0:01:11.200 and preparation, everyone can turn a lost day into a 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:12.479 found adventure. 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.760 Jeane, are you just gonna stare out the window all morning? 0:01:16.840 --> 0:01:18.679 Or help us come up with a plan to escape? 0:01:19.080 --> 0:01:21.800 I just can't believe I've locked down all of East Berlin. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:25.039 That I have no trouble believing, but building a wall 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.720 to cage us in like animals, shameful. 0:01:29.240 --> 0:01:30.600 Flost is gonna be worried sick. 0:01:30.720 --> 0:01:33.039 News of the lockdown must have already reached her, so 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.040 at least she knows why you haven't returned. 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.319 That won't be good enough for my wife. I won't 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:41.319 be surprised if she tries to tear down the wall herself. 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.280 If I don't get word to her soon, Martin. 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.880 Will be all over this. He'll make sure she's taken 0:01:45.920 --> 0:01:46.240 care of. 0:01:46.440 --> 0:01:47.240 But for how long? 0:01:47.720 --> 0:01:48.919 Hopefully not long? 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:52.360 This is all my fault. Perhaps I should try to 0:01:52.600 --> 0:01:53.120 head home. 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.400 We came here to help you and your nephew escape. 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.960 We will still find a way out for all of us. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.200 That's right. No more sitting around here feeling sorry for ourselves. 0:02:01.720 --> 0:02:05.720 The city is shut down, roads and checkpoints closed, trains 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:09.119 have stopped running. They are literally building a wall. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.280 And the National People's Army and combat groups of the 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:14.480 working class soldiers are guarding the construction, with orders to 0:02:14.480 --> 0:02:18.520 shoot anyone who attempts to defect. So we need a 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:19.000 new plan. 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:21.120 How long are we savi you? 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.120 This safe house won't be compromised, But the longer we're here, 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.720 the harder it will be to cross the border. Every 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.680 hour that passes means more walls, more land mines, and 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:31.400 more guards. 0:02:31.680 --> 0:02:33.640 Would it be foolish to assume there was a plan B? 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:35.760 Well, there was a plan BC and D, but this 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:37.840 wall has thrown out the whole alphabet. 0:02:38.880 --> 0:02:41.160 Are there any papers you can think of that could help? 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:42.960 I could make whatever needed. 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.480 I'm not sure of it. Huh. That does make me 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:51.040 think I have a contact here in the east, a 0:02:51.080 --> 0:02:53.720 black marketer who we've used before to help move things. 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:55.399 Is he good enough to help move us? 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.560 I'm gonna find him and find out where does he live? 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:01.720 Prince Lauerberg, I'll go check it out and be back 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:02.400 in half an hour. 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:03.240 We'll go with you. 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:08.120 With Javago being hunted, it's best I go alone. I 0:03:08.120 --> 0:03:09.840 don't want to draw any attention with a group. 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:19.520 If you insist, be safe, I'm sure she'll be back soon. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:21.519 We'll just sit tight. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:23.079 Do you know Elvis? 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.200 Her photo be Elvis? 0:03:26.360 --> 0:03:26.600 Yes? 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:30.079 The King My uncle said you were famous, have your 0:03:30.080 --> 0:03:32.680 own books with your name on it. I thought you 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.720 might know Elvis, since he's famous too. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.720 I never met the man, but I've been to Memphis, 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.640 where he's from. Great barbecue and blues music. 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:45.640 Listening to Elvis was al Mattia's firstly in English. Now 0:03:45.680 --> 0:03:47.840 he reads and listens to anything he can get his 0:03:47.920 --> 0:03:50.760 hands on. He even fixed his transistor at home to 0:03:50.800 --> 0:03:51.840 buy it Western Radio. 0:03:52.840 --> 0:03:55.320 It's a great way to learn. I used to pretend 0:03:55.320 --> 0:03:57.600 to be sick so I could read all the magazines 0:03:57.640 --> 0:03:58.720 in the doctor's office. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.000 My uncle is to me about how you get to 0:04:01.040 --> 0:04:03.600 travel as the world for work. This is what I 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:04.120 wish to do. 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:08.120 I want to see end on everything, not be trapped 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:09.120 in a country behind a. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:12.160 Vall after he goes to university. 0:04:12.240 --> 0:04:16.440 Of course, of course, please tell me more about America, 0:04:16.480 --> 0:04:19.320 hairfo door. What to expect in America. 0:04:19.720 --> 0:04:22.880 For an avid learner like yourself, Just be prepared for 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:27.000 the multitude of choice. I was almost overwhelmed when I 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:32.599 first arrived. Public libraries, outdoor performances of music, movies, theater, 0:04:33.480 --> 0:04:36.440 all derived from the beauty of free speech. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:41.000 Incredible, and you can criticize the government openly. 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:45.520 If you so choose. But most importantly, if you have 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:49.000 a dream, you can make it happen. If you work 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:53.680 hard enough, you can realize it. Anything can be possible. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.039 This is what my uncle told me. But it's great 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:57.080 to hear it's true. 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:59.920 And I know better than most. I was born in Hungary, 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:04.400 but have made America my home by choice. Really how 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.640 I first left my home country for France to study 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.560 in Paris at the Sorbonne. That's when I first saw 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.719 a small piece of the world and knew I wanted more. 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.680 And the more I saw, the more I wanted to 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:20.400 tell people about it. People who travel, yes, but also 0:05:20.440 --> 0:05:22.800 people like me and you who grew up in our 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.880 corners of the world yearning for more. 0:05:25.640 --> 0:05:28.360 That's very admirable, gene and naive. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.479 I thought that when you meet people from different cultures, 0:05:31.839 --> 0:05:34.800 it's extremely hard to start a war. That I could 0:05:34.839 --> 0:05:36.039 help change things. 0:05:35.960 --> 0:05:39.120 But of course woy is what always happens. 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.559 Yes, I was in the United States promoting my guide 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:45.839 book when I learned of the Munich Pact. I was 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:48.880 so outraged that I cabled the magazine office in London, 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.239 where I was employed, and told him I was staying put. 0:05:51.760 --> 0:05:54.840 I vowed to never return to Europe except in uniform, 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.880 a promise I made good on when I joined the 0:05:57.960 --> 0:05:59.839 U S Army in nineteen forty two. 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:02.440 Was it difficult to fight for countries? Is it not 0:06:02.480 --> 0:06:02.880 to own? 0:06:03.279 --> 0:06:04.039 Ah? 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:07.599 But that's exactly how it became mine. It wasn't because 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:11.200 of birth. It was a choice. I believed in what 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:14.800 the US stood for, what it was fighting for. It 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.720 was a marriage of sorts, and much like my marriage 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:21.279 to my wife, it is a decision I've never regretted. 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:23.560 I hope one day to make the same choice. 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:25.919 I hope we give you the opportunity. 0:06:27.160 --> 0:06:29.240 Thank you, Jean, thank you. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:37.920 That must be Rebecca Good and tag youngs. You startled us. 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:42.200 That's the vibe of the whole city. Nervous citizens are 0:06:42.200 --> 0:06:44.920 filling the streets, and the checkpoints are heavily guarded. I 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:49.280 feared as much, but I was able to reach my contact, Ziggy, 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:50.680 and he's going to help. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:51.920 Oh that's great news. 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:55.000 He runs a small car repair shop in Mitta. We're 0:06:55.040 --> 0:06:56.960 going to relocate there and he'll smuggle us out. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:58.000 You're sure it's safe. 0:06:58.160 --> 0:07:02.120 Well, it's the best option we have. Everyone, grab your things, 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:21.560 we won't be returning here, Ziggy. I returned. Hello, Rebecca, 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:28.880 come to the back, Siggy. This is my colleague Jeene 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:29.720 and our friends. 0:07:29.960 --> 0:07:33.440 Pleased to meet you. Crazy day, no Soviet it's always 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.960 liked to build falls and destroy bridges. 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.640 Bad for business. Thank you for helping us, ah, but. 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:40.720 We all help each other. 0:07:41.040 --> 0:07:43.400 I get sings in, I get sings out. 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:44.280 I do not ask what. 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.920 I only tell you. The cost, which they must tell you, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.240 has just sent up much likes of all that is 0:07:50.280 --> 0:07:50.760 being built. 0:07:50.960 --> 0:07:54.160 Of course, See, we don't have a lot of money 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:58.400 on us, but I promise to keep you fully supplied 0:07:58.400 --> 0:07:59.960 with denim jeans and rock fine. 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:03.760 Oh, I do love the Levi's. 0:08:03.320 --> 0:08:06.080 And they fetch a pretty penny with the coms. 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:08.720 And like you said, prices just went up. 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:12.960 True, true, okay, so as long as the delivery is big, 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:14.560 you have a deal. 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:15.640 But I've on you. 0:08:16.040 --> 0:08:18.720 All my usual routes have been closed. The only one 0:08:18.800 --> 0:08:20.400 left open is checkpoint Charlie. 0:08:20.520 --> 0:08:21.520 Can you get us through it? 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:26.000 This this new high security. A normal smuggler would say 0:08:26.040 --> 0:08:30.160 it is madness. But Ziggy is best smuggler in the world, 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.000 and Ziggy has an idea. 0:08:32.160 --> 0:08:33.199 Some might say crazy. 0:08:33.800 --> 0:08:35.120 I say genius. 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:40.160 You see this family automobile right here, A traby that 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.959 says Schweinschlager family volks band on the side. 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:43.480 Yeah. 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.920 So last month I help a folk music band escape 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.400 to the Vest. They saw a brighter future there for 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:52.920 their music. But to escape they could only bring what 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.520 they could carry, so they sold the rest to me 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.800 at the fair price, of course, instruments, costumes, even their 0:08:59.840 --> 0:09:00.800 trusty tour of. 0:09:00.720 --> 0:09:01.400 The uncle here. 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:02.800 Nothing trusty about it, Trovi. 0:09:03.360 --> 0:09:04.800 I'm leaning toward crazy here. 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:06.319 No, it's genius. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:10.200 I tell you, sees this flyer here. A Volks music festival, 0:09:10.480 --> 0:09:13.960 the biggest in Germany, happened yesterday here in the east, 0:09:13.960 --> 0:09:14.679 in Margdeburg. 0:09:15.160 --> 0:09:15.959 I was going to. 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:18.880 Sell my new acquisitions, but I had a little too 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:22.720 much to drink the night before and overslept. Whoopsie, only 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:24.920 my hangover is your benefit? 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:26.720 Yep, definitely crazy. 0:09:26.840 --> 0:09:30.280 No, don't you see these bands from the Vest. There 0:09:30.280 --> 0:09:33.280 are many, and they all want to get home. I 0:09:33.400 --> 0:09:37.920 sell you instruments, costumes, everything, and you travel to the 0:09:38.000 --> 0:09:39.440 Vest as a family band. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:43.840 That's absurd, Rebecca, We're wasting time here. 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:44.960 It is absurd. 0:09:45.040 --> 0:09:48.040 But they aren't looking for a family, and hiding in 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.199 a crowd does make sense. 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:51.160 I even have papers for you. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:57.280 Let me see those, these passports, as Heiser. But I 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.880 can fix them. It won't take long, and I can. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.720 I think it's fallen through a party in the county jail. 0:10:03.280 --> 0:10:07.480 Like Elvis, It's actually not so crazy. We can all 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.080 speak German enough to get by, and if the checkpoint 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:12.200 is overwhelmed, I doubt they have time to ask us 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:16.520 to audition. Frankly, it's the best option we have. And 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:17.199 the clock is. 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.480 Ticking all right, I guess if the later Hosen fits 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:35.840 wear it. Though much of Germany can resemble the modern world, 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:39.880 they have their own distinct tastes in music, food, and fashion, 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:43.960 all of which they take great pride in. For example, 0:10:44.440 --> 0:10:47.880 in fashion, there is the male outfit of led Josen 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:51.760 that may defy logic but remain the life of the party. 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:58.360 Imagine leather shorts with suspenders, accompanied by a blouse, knee 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:02.920 high frielly socks, and topped with a feathered hat. Combine 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:06.360 this with plenty of beer, pretzels and broughtwurst at the 0:11:06.360 --> 0:11:09.240 local beer garden, and you'll have no choice but to 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.760 sing along in chorus with the rest of the crowd 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:15.840 as the ump pumppa ump pumppa of the Volks music 0:11:16.080 --> 0:11:18.360 starts to play. 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:22.920 Whoa nice legs, Jean? 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:27.120 Don't objectify me in my later hosan at least your 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:28.320 derndal seems to fit. 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:32.040 Unfortunately, I'm not quite as booksome as this wardrobe requires. 0:11:32.520 --> 0:11:34.800 I just stuff my bra to get all this cleavage. 0:11:35.360 --> 0:11:40.040 Oh wow, don't you both look fantastic. Hear the completed 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.520 West German passports. I must say I'm proud of my 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:47.520 own handiwork. Please note the German names and commits him 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:51.440 to memory. Where's Mattias? He's working on Zika with Ziggy. 0:11:51.960 --> 0:11:58.400 Come this way, Oh go, I think I fixed it. 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:07.240 Give it a try. 0:12:09.840 --> 0:12:13.400 It might not be roomy or reliable, but it will 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.040 get you across the finish line. I assure you. 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.160 Where will we put the instruments? They won't fit on 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:19.760 our laps. 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.120 Stuff them in the trunk. 0:12:21.760 --> 0:12:31.320 Whatever you say, I'll drive in case we get stopped 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:35.680 the ab sheet Ziggy, thank you for the help. Good luck. 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:38.200 I look forward to my airlift of Levice. 0:12:38.440 --> 0:12:51.080 You have my word. 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:59.360 If you are renting a car on vacation, try to 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:04.200 avoid the Trabant. One of the shittiest cars in automotive history, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:08.000 the Trabant was first produced in nineteen fifty seven by 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:12.040 an East German car manufacturer. It features a duroplast body 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:15.640 on a one piece steel chassis, front wheel drive, a 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:20.439 transverse two stroke engine, and independent suspension. For those who 0:13:20.440 --> 0:13:23.280 don't speak car, none of these elements make for a 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:27.000 very road worthy vehicle, hence its well earned reputation as 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:30.920 a spark plug with a roof. The name was inspired 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.800 by the Soviet Sputnik satellite, and the cars are often 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.760 referred to as Traby. But all you really need to 0:13:36.800 --> 0:13:40.480 know is the build quality was poor, the reliability was terrible, 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.839 and it was loud, slow, and poorly designed. 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:48.079 Gene, watch out, Stasi police car up ahead? 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:54.600 Shit, everyone, get down on the floor. What do I do? 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.640 Just keep your hands on the wheel and look straight ahead. 0:13:57.880 --> 0:14:03.319 I know, I know, we're passing them. 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:04.840 What's the police car driver doing? 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:10.440 Shit? He's pulling out and following us. What should I do? 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.000 Keep calm? We don't know if he's onto us yet. 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:14.400 Don't want to tip him off. 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:16.680 What if your friend, Zuki you got a better offer 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:17.480 to sell us out? 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:18.720 He wouldn't risk it. 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.600 I don't know. His only loyalty seemed to be to cash. 0:14:22.800 --> 0:14:24.760 I'm sure as the Soviets have put a pretty big 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:25.480 bounty on my. 0:14:25.440 --> 0:14:27.480 Head, then make sure you keep your head down. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.960 There's a stop light coming up ahead as he's still following. Yes, 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:35.560 they're pulling up beside us. Keep very still. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:39.720 Okay, I'm going to ask you a few questions. 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:40.480 Hum. 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.800 If the answer is yes, stay silent. If no, do 0:14:43.960 --> 0:14:48.760 not look like you were talking to yourself. Is there 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:53.400 just one police car? Is he looking at you? 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:55.640 Hm? 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:59.680 Does he have both hands on the wheel just one 0:14:59.720 --> 0:15:00.480 hand on the wheel? 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:01.560 Hmm? 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:06.520 Okay? What are you doing making sure we're prepared? 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:08.400 Why did you get that gun? 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:12.920 Sickie really loves his leviys gene. When you hear a gunshot, 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:14.520 drive like hell. 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:29.080 Hold on, everyone, okay, just drive, I'm done. 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.760 What are you doing? I said, drive? I'm dating on 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:32.160 a phone. 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:34.400 I am is as fast as it goes. 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:37.560 Hold on, are you going? 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:40.240 You can't outrun them in this piece of crap, but 0:15:40.320 --> 0:15:46.160 maybe we can lose them. Damn it, they made the turn. 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:48.560 It's one way down this alley because. 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:54.200 I've only got one bullet left. Hold it steady. I 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:55.000 shut their tire. 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.680 Wow, that was like John Vayne. 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:05.960 Nice work. But now what are covers more blow than 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:06.440 their tire? 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:08.120 We need a new place to hide in a new 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:09.320 plan fast. 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:12.720 I know a place by Zarriva, very close an old 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:26.600 abandoned Soviet shipyard would be safe point the way. 0:16:29.000 --> 0:16:32.240 The river Spree might sound small, especially as it is 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:36.360 often viewed in comparison to the enormous Rhine River of Germont, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:40.720 but the Spree is nothing to be sniffed. At approximately 0:16:40.760 --> 0:16:44.359 four hundred kilometers in length, it flows through the Saxony, 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:48.400 Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany before cutting into the 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:52.600 Czech Republic. In Berlin, the Spree was where the original 0:16:52.680 --> 0:16:55.680 center of Berlin was built and now holds many of 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:59.440 its greatest attractions, such as Museum Island, where one can 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:04.359 find the Ergemann Museum and National Gallery. To capture the 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:08.480 beauty and history of Berlin, I suggest a riverboat cruise 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.440 along the Spree, where you can catch dozens of sites 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:15.760 from a rather different perspective as the river winds between them. 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.159 You can choose your time too for something really lovely 0:17:19.359 --> 0:17:22.320 go over the evening tour. During the summer months, the 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:25.480 more energetic can rent a bicycle to follow the river, 0:17:25.880 --> 0:17:28.919 stopping off to visit attractions as they go, and the 0:17:29.000 --> 0:17:31.919 languid can simply relax in one of the many fine 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:35.439 bars that can be found on the banks of the Spree. 0:17:35.560 --> 0:17:39.080 But more recently, the Sprie has also become a border 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:43.840 between East and West, dividing the districts of Kreutzberg and 0:17:43.880 --> 0:17:48.240 West Berlin and Friedrichsheim in East Berlin, which run along 0:17:48.359 --> 0:17:52.679 the river's banks. East Berlin controls the entire width of 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.760 the Spree at these points, with walls occupying the river's 0:17:56.800 --> 0:18:01.840 eastern bank. Armed patrol boats cruise the waters above, while 0:18:01.840 --> 0:18:08.040 below underwater, chain link fences, submersible mines and barricades create 0:18:08.080 --> 0:18:12.440 a water border with the West, preventing boaters, swimmers, and 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:17.879 scuba divers from reaching freedom through the Spree. 0:18:18.119 --> 0:18:20.919 You know, Jane, you stare at a river like I 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:24.760 used to as a boy. Back then, this time of year, 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:28.760 the Spree would be filled with swimmers. Now it's illegal 0:18:28.800 --> 0:18:29.960 and you'd only get shot. 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.480 Hopefully it's not that way forever. 0:18:33.240 --> 0:18:35.480 A riven never stays the Sames they say. 0:18:35.600 --> 0:18:39.760 Nope, can never step into the same river twice. 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.960 I want to thank you, Jean for risking your life 0:18:43.000 --> 0:18:45.840 to save us. You are more like your father than 0:18:45.960 --> 0:18:49.840 justin looks. He would be very very proud. 0:18:51.840 --> 0:18:54.200 Honestly, I don't know what to think about my father 0:18:54.320 --> 0:18:59.840 right now. Humh For so long I thought he was dead. 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.440 I grieved him and made my peace with it. But 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:05.760 now not only do I learn he's alive, but that 0:19:05.840 --> 0:19:09.480 he's been helping the Soviets for years. If it's true, 0:19:09.520 --> 0:19:11.840 it betrays everything I believed for so long. 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:15.280 I can tell you from experience, many men are forced 0:19:15.280 --> 0:19:18.639 to make opromises. Only they can know the whole truth. 0:19:19.720 --> 0:19:22.520 I suppose, but I know this, he is still the 0:19:22.560 --> 0:19:23.919 man that you think he is. 0:19:24.520 --> 0:19:25.480 How can you be sure? 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:30.639 Because I know he tried to escape to the Vest. 0:19:31.240 --> 0:19:33.040 He had me make him a passport. 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:35.359 What are you doing? 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.240 I've kept it in the lining of my coat to 0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:42.160 give to you when we crossed. But there's no need 0:19:42.200 --> 0:19:42.760 to wait. 0:19:44.280 --> 0:19:53.000 Here. My God, it's really him. I haven't seen him 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:54.199 in so many years. 0:19:55.000 --> 0:19:57.520 That photo is a few years old now, but I'm 0:19:57.520 --> 0:19:58.560 sure he hasn't changed. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:01.680 Happened to him? 0:20:01.880 --> 0:20:04.120 Za KGB took him in the night before I could 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:07.840 give it to him, No Chavai. Maybe they had heard 0:20:07.920 --> 0:20:10.879 of his plans, Maybe they just needed him for theirs. 0:20:11.920 --> 0:20:14.440 When Martin told me you would be my escort across, 0:20:14.920 --> 0:20:19.120 I thought I'd give it to you. Hopefully you'll meet 0:20:19.160 --> 0:20:23.159 him again before I do. For me, most likely in 0:20:23.200 --> 0:20:28.560 the next life, but please keep it for him and, 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:31.440 with luck, one day put it to use. 0:20:33.240 --> 0:20:39.200 Thank you. Hopefully one day we're all together toasting to 0:20:39.320 --> 0:20:47.200 Mattais's graduation. What is this in the passport? A postcard? 0:20:47.600 --> 0:20:49.760 It's the last message I received from your father. 0:20:50.960 --> 0:20:54.600 There's no message or address, only a quote from a 0:20:54.640 --> 0:20:58.840 certain point onward. There's no longer any turning back. That 0:20:59.000 --> 0:21:00.479 is the point that must be reached. 0:21:00.880 --> 0:21:03.840 I wasn't sure what it meant, but I recognized his 0:21:03.960 --> 0:21:08.120 pathfinder signature, so I knew it was your father. Thus 0:21:08.520 --> 0:21:10.160 I knew it must mean something. 0:21:12.440 --> 0:21:20.760 It's a Franz Coffka quote, Ka ka kafka. He must 0:21:20.840 --> 0:21:22.120 be in Prague. 0:21:24.520 --> 0:21:30.320 You two do think alike. You know I have more 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:33.600 passports in my coat lining. I was saving them to 0:21:33.720 --> 0:21:37.000 use his leverage once we were in the West. But 0:21:37.119 --> 0:21:39.320 in case something happens to me while we are trying 0:21:39.320 --> 0:21:43.200 to escape, I want you to have them, Jeane. These 0:21:43.240 --> 0:21:45.720 men are extremely dangerous. 0:21:45.720 --> 0:21:48.040 Then Rebecca is the safest choice to hang on to them. 0:21:48.680 --> 0:21:51.240 Plus it earns you bonus points with the CIA. 0:21:51.920 --> 0:21:56.000 Rebecca, you boys have our plans se figured out yet. 0:21:56.440 --> 0:22:00.600 Still working on it. But in the meantime, I want. 0:22:00.440 --> 0:22:01.600 You to have zies. 0:22:04.160 --> 0:22:11.439 Three French passports for men. I doubt we can use them. 0:22:11.880 --> 0:22:15.840 No, they're for French radicals in a secret group called 0:22:16.320 --> 0:22:20.359 Vier talmejour. They think they're being funded and supported by 0:22:20.359 --> 0:22:23.959 the OAS, but it's really the KGB using them as 0:22:24.000 --> 0:22:26.520 assassins for their own communist agenda. 0:22:26.720 --> 0:22:29.760 Assassins in France. Do you know the target? 0:22:31.600 --> 0:22:33.000 President Charles Dago? 0:22:33.920 --> 0:22:34.280 Shit? 0:22:35.400 --> 0:22:36.520 Shit? How long do we have? 0:22:37.440 --> 0:22:39.879 I made the original passports three weeks. 0:22:39.600 --> 0:22:42.800 Ago, which means they're probably safely in Paris and prepping 0:22:42.880 --> 0:22:43.439