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What happened to Christoph?

December 8, 2018

It's every parent's worst nightmare: the loss of a child. But imagine the anguish if you're not even allowed to see the body, and when too much probing could put you in the crosshairs of the secret police. The story of the Ranisch family and their quest for answers may be one of the darkest and best-kept secrets of the former East Germany. Natalie Muller went to Dresden to find out more.

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