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'Tasteless' Iron Curtain game

A new computer game based on the Iron Curtain has been accused of being 'tasteless and inappropriate' by victims of the former East Germany regime.

The game is called 1378 KM, named after the 1,378 kilometre long Iron Curtain that stretched across Europe from 1945 to 1991.

It is based on the real-life tragedy of 1,000 victims from the German Democratic Republic who were shot while trying to escape.

Game players become border guards along the hated 'inner German border', which was pulled down 21 years ago....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)