Discover the story of the song > Sommer ’89 (Er schnitt Löcher in den Zaun) – Kettcar

The song is about a man who, in the summer of 1989, cut a hole in a fence on the Hungarian-Austrian border to help three families escape from East Germany. He waited until midnight, then walked to the border, cut the hole with bolt cutters, and waited for the families to arrive. They all ran to a bus stop and took a bus to Vienna, where he gave them money and a map to the German Embassy. When he returned home, his friends were divided over his actions, and he left and was never seen again. The families were escaping for a better life with things like free elections, better jobs, and traveling.