killing people who tried to escape shooting them dead at the berlin wall and elsewhere it is famous for the stasi secret police as well but it was also a place where many people lead normal day to day lives now 2 filmmakers have curated hours of home video to offer a glimpse of that past. personal memories recorded in a country that no longer exists. these home movies capture assigned of the former germany most outsiders never knew private recordings that are now public thanks to documentary filmmakers alberto herskovitz political scientist lawrence murphy. the 415 hours of home movie reels showing what real life looks like for real people under the socialist regime. the resulting website open memory box allows visitors to click