What are the motifs in The Wall Jumper: A Novel by Peter Schneider?

History is a recurring idea in the book.

The Wall Jumper by Peter Schneider largely skirts the question of history, which is remarkable in a book so firmly grounded in a very specific slice of history. The establishment of two political entities after World War II by the victorious Allies is alluded to. In the West, deprogrammed minor Nazis rule while in the East, communists, the only untainted politicians, take over. At any rate, neither democracy nor socialism is native to Germany, so it matters little.