Freya KlierBorn in 1950 in Dresden, Germany, Freya Klier is a documentary film-maker and author with a long history of political activism. In 1968 she was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment when her attempt to flee East Germany failed. In 1980 Klier became co-ounder of the GDR peace movement and in 1988 she was arrested along with other civil rights activists and stripped of her citizenship. She lives today in Berlin as an author and film director. She has written many books on wartime Germany. Read More Read Less