Jacqueline Padberg

Arguments are the order of the day with Maja's parents. The father strikes hard when something doesn't suit him. He humiliates and insults his wife and children. Maja's mother can no longer take the abuse. She leaves the family and leaves her three children with her husband. One day, she picks Maja up from school and abducts her. The mother flees with her daughter to Prague in the hope of being able to lead a better life in the West. Maja has to cope with the catastrophic conditions that prevail in the Prague embassy in September 1989. There are days when she doesn't even get enough to eat and her mother constantly leaves her alone. Her mother meets her future husband Bertram in a reception camp. Maja is severely traumatized. The man abuses the girl. The child fears that she will never see her siblings again and that the abuse will never stop. Maja's own mother ignores her cries for help. She doesn't want to hear about the abuse. Will Maja see her siblings again? Will her nightmare end or will she remain defencelessly at the mercy of her stepfather?

Ren gets to know Steffi. After the wedding, Steffi is stalked by her ex-boyfriend Ronny. He calls anonymously at all hours of the day and night. He rings the doorbell at night to get Steffi back. He lies in wait for her, stalks her, and one day even sits in her apartment and threatens her. It takes several moves, always in the hope of finally getting rid of her stalker Ronny. It is in vain. Her mother-in-law Gundula also makes her life hell. She constantly interferes in Steffi and Ren 's lives. One day, while the couple are at a funeral, Gundula takes away their two dogs. When Ren finds out what his mother has done to the animals, the couple's world collapses. What has Gundula done with the animals, and how will their lives continue?

Bei Majas Eltern sind Streitigkeiten an der Tagesordnung. Mit aller H rte schl gt der Vater zu, wenn ihm etwas nicht passt. Er dem tigt und beleidigt seine Ehefrau und Kinder. Majas Mama ertr gt die Verletzungen nicht mehr. Sie verl sst die Familie und l sst ihre drei Kinder bei ihrem Ehemann zur ck. Eines Tages holt sie Maja von der Schule ab und entf hrt sie. Die Mutter fl chtet mit ihrer Tochter nach Prag in der Hoffnung, ein besseres Leben im Westen f hren zu k nnen. Maja muss mit den katastrophalen Zust nden, die im September 1989 in der Prager Botschaft herrschen, fertig werden. Es gibt Tage, an denen sie nicht einmal satt wird und ihre Mama l sst sie st ndig alleine. Ihre Mutter lernt in einem Auffanglager ihren zuk nftigen Ehemann Bertram kennen. Maja wird schwer traumatisiert. Der Mann missbraucht das M dchen. Das Kind bef rchtet, ihre Geschwister nie mehr wiederzusehen und dass der Missbrauch niemals aufh ren wird. Die eigene Mutter ignoriert Majas Hilferufe. Sie will von dem Missbrauch nichts h ren. Wird Maja ihre Geschwister wiedersehen? Wird ihr Albtraum enden oder bleibt sie dem Stiefvater weiterhin schutzlos ausgeliefert?

Ren lernt Steffi kennen. Nach der Hochzeit wird Steffi von ihrem Exfreund Ronny gestalkt. Er ruft zu jeder Tages- und Nachtzeit anonym an. Er klingelt nachts Sturm, um Steffi zur ckzubekommen. Er lauert ihr auf, verfolgt sie, sitzt eines Tages sogar in ihrer Wohnung und bedroht sie. Es sind mehrere Umz ge n tig, immer in der Hoffnung, ihren Stalker Ronny endlich loszuwerden. Es ist vergebens. Zudem macht ihr ihre Schwiegermutter Gundula das Leben zur H lle. Sie mischt sich permanent in Steffis und Ren s Leben ein. Eines Tages, w hrend das Ehepaar auf einer Beerdigung ist, bringt Gundula die zwei Hunde der beiden weg. Als Ren erf hrt, was seine Mutter mit den Tieren gemacht hat, bricht f r das Paar eine Welt zusammen. Was hat Gundula nur mit den Tieren gemacht, und wie geht das Leben der beiden weiter?

After Ren 's release from juvenile prison, he meets Susi. She becomes his first wife. He goes out of the frying pan into the fire. She is a schemer and just wants to be taken care of. Susi marries my half-brother. She is fourteen years older than him. After the marriage, he experiences hell on earth with her. Susi regularly batters her husband and several times beats the living daylights out of him. She breaks one of his fingers and throws objects such as an ashtray and a coffee cup at his head. She strays and brings her affairs home with her. One day, she pushes her husband down the stairs. Ren is seriously injured. Will Ren escape from his wife?

Berlin 2028: The drug hotspot Leopoldplatz has turned into a zombie land. Stefan, the vet, is sitting on a bench in this park. He is having a great time seeing junkies who can barely stand on their feet like zombies. Their skin is black and sometimes so rotten and eaten away that you can see the tendons or down to the bones. This is caused by the drug Xylazine, known in the scene as Tranq. How did the drug spread in a district of Berlin to such an extent that Tranq zombies are dying every day in 2028? Who is responsible for the fact that junkies are now walking around the city like zombies? Inspector Bensky investigates the drug milieu. He has to solve three gruesome murders of Tranq zombies and one of a dealer. They were murdered in a bestial manner and found dead in a bunker.

After Ren gets rid of his brutal stepfather, he leaves the home and is separated from his brother Lars because he gets adoptive parents. He believes he can now experience a normal childhood and adolescence. But appearances are deceptive. His adoptive parents Gundula and Josef only tell him what to do. They can't show the child any feelings, even though the boy longs for security. After three years, his brother Lars joins the family. Lars is unhappy there and persuades his brother Ren to commit suicide. When this fails, he tries to strangle Ren and later tries to suffocate him with a pillow. Gundula and Josef decide that Lars must return to the home. Ren blames himself. He runs away, steals and one day even gets a prison sentence. In prison, he only experiences beatings and sexual abuse. Will he break or does he have a chance of surviving this hell?