Why was he killed in such a public place? Shot dead in a train carriage, how did his body get removed?

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rjsbaldwin — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 01:32 PM)

Why was he killed in such a public place? Shot dead in a train carriage, how did his body get removed?

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munroe-9 — 10 years ago(November 22, 2015 02:18 PM)

Good question, because clearly no one could know he was actually dead. I would imagine they lugged him out, confiscated all his stuff and disposed of the body somewhere. But to get close to an enlisted man, that's probably as good a place as any??

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hamlet-16 — 10 years ago(December 11, 2015 01:51 AM)

If you rewatch the sequence it a car is following the train I assume the assassin pushed the young solider's body out the window to the waiting car.

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hughwm — 10 years ago(March 01, 2016 07:53 AM)

More to the point, what happened to the friends and relations of the real Moritz Stamm?
Wouldn't they get suspicious that he didn't visit, write, telephone etc?

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Beethovens100 — 10 years ago(March 01, 2016 11:15 AM)

Didn't the boy have parents who would want him to visit? Or did they deliberately choose an orphan?

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hughwm — 10 years ago(March 02, 2016 01:10 AM)

I guess the Stasi could have used an agent to pose as a West German official, and tell the real Stamm's parents that he was involved in a hush-hush operation for a few weeks and therefore should not be contacted.

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thedude_85 — 10 years ago(March 13, 2016 08:33 AM)

They said in episode 1 that Stamm was an orphan - his parents had been killed in a car crash. Presumably he'd have had some other family and friends though.