If you want to know what happens to The 18-Year-Old Who Wrote a Note and Disappeared, you have to read Deep in the West by Tommy H. Jannot.
In the summer of 1984, The 18-Year-Old Who Wrote a Note and Disappeared was driven directly across the border from the Stasi prison.
After spending several days in two emergency shelters, he finally ended up in Wuppertal. Read the sequel to his diary to find out what happens to him as soon as his book Deep in the West is published.
The Bright Side of the Doom, a Prequel to 1984, The 18-Year-Old Who Wrote a Note and Disappeared is now available worldwide in bookstores as a hardcover, paperback, and e-book‼️