The border crossers

First floor. A dark room about those who tried to flee. Under communism, tens of thousands attempted to cross the border to the West illegally — an act treated as a political crime, for which a 1971 decree allowed border guards to open fire. Many were caught, sentenced or shot; others drowned or vanished. Reconstructed through lights, warnings and fear, the room gives a face to those for whom freedom meant a path through the dark — often a fatal one.

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