<p>In this mainly autobiographic report of an escape made by an "average joe", the reader finds himself in the midst of something, where many brave people have lost their lives in previous attempts: Germany's Death Strip.<br><br>Living by the motto of "anything goes, I have got to make it to a better life", Otto von Gehr describes how he made his big move, to escape from the communist East-Germany to the promising wonders of the West. In a moment...