Winner of History
Client:
MYP Magazine
Research & text:
Jonas Meyer
Photography:
Maximilian König
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»I didn’t want to be shot at the Wall!«
For MYP Magazine, photographer Max König and I portrayed Stasi victim Michael Bradler. In January 1982, he was arrested because he wanted to leave the GDR. The then 20-year-old spent a total of nine months in prison, including several months in solitary confinement.
Winner of History
Client:
MYP Magazine
Research & text:
Jonas Meyer
Photography:
Maximilian König
![](https://www.myp-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MYP-Media-Portrait-Michael-Bradler-Jonas-Meyer-Maximilian-Koenig-126.jpg)
»I didn’t want to be shot at the Wall!«
For MYP Magazine, photographer Max König and I portrayed Stasi victim Michael Bradler. In January 1982, he was arrested because he wanted to leave the GDR. The then 20-year-old spent a total of nine months in prison, including several months in solitary confinement.
![](https://www.myp-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MYP-Media-Portrait-Michael-Bradler-Jonas-Meyer-Maximilian-Koenig-257.jpg)
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Today Michael Bradler works as a voluntary tour guide at the place where he was detained for many months: the former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS) in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen.
Today Michael Bradler works as a voluntary tour guide at the place where he was detained for many months: the former prison of the East German Ministry of State Security (MfS) in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen.
![](https://www.myp-media.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MYP-Media-Portrait-Michael-Bradler-Jonas-Meyer-Maximilian-Koenig-305.jpg)
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