The Iron Curtain was firmly in place in the 1980s. If you tried crossing the GDR/BRD or the Czechoslovak/(BRD, Austria) border in the 1980s, you would be riskin

The Iron Curtain was firmly in place in the 1980s. If you tried crossing the GDR/BRD or the Czechoslovak/(BRD, Austria) border in the 1980s, you would be risking your life and, if caught, you would certainly do some time in prison. The last person shot on the Berlin wall died in February 1989 [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gueffroy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Gueffroy