After the border had officially been closed, the students were separated and often didn't know if their friends on the other side were OK. Luckily, a few letters got through.

Cettina and her daughter make a remarkable discovery at the Christmas market: a stand selling chocolate in the shapes of various tools.

As the first incarnation of the Berlin Wall went up, the students and their families scrambled to make quick decisions.

Cettina and Giada take us on a shopping tour of a local Christmas market and interview the various venders.

On the way back from their class trip, the students already have the feeling that their lives will never be the same again.

Magicians Andreas and Christian Ehrlich are interviewed about their childhood and their rise to fame.

Tough decisions had to be made as the future became more and more uncertain. Even the annual class trip required students living in the East to travel separately.

Outside of the classroom, the students who travelled to the West for school were confronted with important life decisions and their consequences.

Smuggling items to relatives who had left Berlin was a difficult mission. At the same time, it often seemed difficult to completely comprehend how high the stakes would be.

This is an animated version of the tragic poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, set to music in the 19th century by composer Franz Schubert.

Anyone who has seen Pastewka might expect that this comedian could never get married without a few disastrous events standing in his way...

As rumors began that the border was to be closed, the students began to wonder how their studies and lives would progress.

An ode to the smallest toe: With the Monsters of Liedermaching, comedy and music merge into one performance.

The students at the Kepler School can spend their evenings out in West Berlin as well, but are constantly dealing with the boundaries.

Even though adolescents who were denied the right to attend high school in East Berlin could find ways to continue their education in the West, neither the commute nor the social dynamics were easy.