Regina Webert-Lehmann
| Interview | Manuela Bojadžijev |
| Interview language | German |
| Country of origin | GDR |
| Year of migration | 1989 |
| Interview length | 02:36:25 |
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Sequencing
| 1 | Introduction Regina Webert-Lehmann | ||||
| 2 | Mother tongue | ||||
| 3 | Family and house of the family | ||||
| 4 | Birth and childhood in East-Berlin, GDR | ||||
| 4.1 | Childhood | ||||
| 4.2 | Work of the mother | ||||
| 4.3 | Landscape | ||||
| 4.4 | A normal day | ||||
| 4.5 | Role of religion within the family | ||||
| 4.6 | Politics within the family | ||||
| 4.7 | Communities, friends, neighbors and social environment | ||||
| 5 | The state of freedom | ||||
| 6 | Siblings of the parents | ||||
| 7 | Interacting with the West and visits from West-Germany | ||||
| 8 | Grandparents | ||||
| 9 | Influence of federal authorities on private life | ||||
| 10 | Politics and surpression | ||||
| 10.1 | Development of a political awareness | ||||
| 10.2 | Youth community at church | ||||
| 10.3 | Participating in protests | ||||
| 10.4 | Church community as a safe space | ||||
| 10.5 | Sense of relaxation in relation to western guests | ||||
| 10.6 | Childhood-memories of political atmosphere | ||||
| 10.7 | Freedom of speech at home | ||||
| 10.8 | Participating in protests and freedom of opinion | ||||
| 10.9 | Music and restrictions | ||||
| 10.10 | Important political events | ||||
| 10.11 | Newspaper, television and freedom | ||||
| 10.12 | Lack of politicization | ||||
| 11 | Outbreak | ||||
| 11.1 | Moving out of the parent's flat and influence of friend | ||||
| 11.2 | Job training | ||||
| 11.3 | Living alone and work | ||||
| 11.4 | Meeting the husband | ||||
| 12 | Escape | ||||
| 12.1 | Imaginations of escape and motivations | ||||
| 12.2 | Path to escape and the goal | ||||
| 12.3 | Imaginations of life in West-Germany and worries | ||||
| 12.4 | Appointment in Prague | ||||
| 12.5 | Taken items and disguise | ||||
| 12.6 | Letter to father and information about escape | ||||
| 12.7 | Prague and further planing of the escpae | ||||
| 12.8 | Destination: West-Berlin | ||||
| 12.9 | Diary about escape and degrees | ||||
| 12.10 | Unrest in GDR, on the way to Hungary | ||||
| 12.11 | Financing of the escape | ||||
| 12.12 | Hungary | ||||
| 12.12.1 | Doubts and fear | ||||
| 12.12.2 | New experiences in Budapest and meeting the friend | ||||
| 12.12.3 | The worry | ||||
| 12.12.4 | Good moments | ||||
| 12.12.5 | Encounter with the hungarian police | ||||
| 12.13 | Austria | ||||
| 12.13.1 | The route to Austria | ||||
| 12.13.2 | Crossing the border | ||||
| 12.13.3 | Arrival in Austria | ||||
| 12.14 | Towards West-Berlin | ||||
| 12.14.1 | Escape-supporters | ||||
| 12.14.2 | Demarcation point of the escape | ||||
| 12.14.3 | Meeting friends at the crossroads and relaxing | ||||
| 12.14.4 | Getting support for refugees | ||||
| 12.14.5 | Memories of escape | ||||
| 12.14.6 | Flight to Berlin | ||||
| 12.14.7 | Serenity in West-Berlin | ||||
| 13 | Recording procedure | ||||
| 14 | Making contact with parents and the meet-up | ||||
| 15 | Ghost-train-stations in Berlin | ||||
| 16 | Emergency shelter in Neukölln | ||||
| 17 | Fortune and self-determination | ||||
| 18 | Catching up on life in West-Berlin | ||||
| 19 | Literature in West-Germany | ||||
| 20 | Individualism and lack of community-feeling in the West | ||||
| 21 | Finding work | ||||
| 22 | Opening of the border and social and political climate | ||||
| 23 | Difficulties for newcomers | ||||
| 24 | Return to East-Berlin | ||||
| 25 | Experience of escape | ||||
| 26 | Feeling of home | ||||
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