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The Welcome Building
The Welcome Building represents the hope that fuels Gerta’s resolve as she encounters challenges and setbacks throughout her journey to a life of freedom in West Germany. Gerta first learns of the Welcome Building…
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Pulley
The pulley that Gerta finds abandoned in an old, bombed-out building—and ultimately steals in order to assist in her and Fritz’s project of digging a tunnel to West Berlin—represents her capacity for risk and…
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