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This is how a man stole Trabis from the factory - In 1988, news hit the GDR like a bomb: a worker had stolen 25 brand new cars from the "VEB" Sachsenring car factory. The Trabant, the GDR's people's car, was produced there and only there. The "Trabant", or "Trabi" for short, was a loyal companion to many GDR citizens - until the fall of the Wall. And whoever had one was lucky. Because there were far more people willing to buy than cars. If you want to get a car more quickly, the car mechanic Thomas B. has a solution. The blameless family man turns out to be a master thief. His method is simple but ingenious. And only coincidence brings him down. //Team// Author: Friedrich Scherer Editing: Christian Herold //Chapter// 00:00 Intro 00:31 Title 01:57 The Trabant 04:21 The procedure 07:29 Is the thief a socialist? 09:16 Weak point in the system 15:20 Waiting for a Trabi 18:35 The trick 21:48 The discovery This video is a ZDF production. #Trabi #DDR #terraxama You can find more documentaries about the GDR here: ????https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terr... ????https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/thema/... Subscribe? Just click here – / @terraxhistory All films and information about Terra X can be found here – http://kurz.zdf.de/terraxng Terra X on Facebook – / zdfterrax Terra X on Instagram – / terrax