: A fictional character representing the young, ambitious doctors of the time, whose cancer research was complicated by the political climate.
The season highlights how the hospital, once open to all of Berlin, became an isolated "island" where medical advancement was both a point of pride for the GDR and a tool for political control. The Berlin Crisis, 1958–1961 - Office of the Historian
: Because the hospital was located in East Berlin right on the border, many doctors and nurses who lived in West Berlin were forced to make a life-altering choice: move permanently to the GDR (East Germany) or resign immediately and lose access to the hospital.
: A real-life forensic doctor whose autopsy protocols were later used in trials after the Wall fell in 1989.
: All windows in the clinic buildings that faced the West were bricked over to prevent escape and visual contact with West Berliners.