Photographer Sascha Montag, Author Jan Rübel
Published in „FR7“, magazine of the „Frankfurter Rundschau“, April 13, 2024
First, the GDR teaches him to fear. In 1984, political prisoner Ingo Bauer, 22, escaped to the West – beginning decades filled with burglaries and alcohol, more prison, and finally homelessness. Then, he was offered a solidarity basic income and a tiny house. By someone who left to learn freedom. And perished in it.