now to auspex full coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall during the existence of the german democratic republic or east germany some $3000000.00 of its citizens fled to west germany as refugees. most have remained in the west as that's where they built new lives for themselves but the experience of being in exile is something they will never forget and in the case of one man we met in stuttgart it inspired him to take action when in 2015 germany became home to a whole new wave of refugees all he has left from his life as a citizen of east germany are a few photos and letters exchange with a french woman met in the communist state would love it. when i got this postcard from all say i couldn't believe it for me it was simply fantastic and. it was 18 when he fled the east german dictatorship a few days before the berlin wall fell he went to cologne then stuttgart where he found a job started a family made a place for himself in a homeland that was both were familiar and new thanks to the solidarity of west germans. everywhere in west germany people were interested in us