![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In an interesting look at the Stasi by an Australian who learned German and lived in Berlin after the wall came down, the author provides perspectives from those who were repressed and those who did the job of controlling the society.Īnd of course, the question of where the Stasi now live out their years is also an interesting part of the story which this Australian analyst answers in part as well.Īfter the Wall fell the German media called East Germany ‘the most perfected surveillance state of all time’. When one visits contemporary Berlin, the place where the Wall once was is indicated with a marker in the ground through the center of Berlin.Īnd when one enjoys what was once East Berlin, absence of the ever present Stasi and the repression delivered by the system of informers is a strong historical memory for those who lived during the Cold War. ![]()
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