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Family flees advancing Soviet troops and eventually settles near Leipzig.
1949 Founding of the German Democratic Republic. 1961 Erection of the Berlin Wall. Hein decides to settle in the East, although he is still not allowed to study. Employed variously as a construction worker, waiter, bookstore clerk, and factory worker. 1964 Finally allowed to attend evening school.