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Rated Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall 6/10

"Some people are comfortable talking about their lives, as if they can make sense of the progression of random events that made them what they are."<br><br>I know little about the former GDR - only what has been discussed in my history classes and German lessons in secondary school. Before reading this book, I did not think of the GDR as I would think of any other totalitarian state, Nazi Germany or Stalin's USSR. For some reason, the GDR was - in my mind - a quirky, peculiar nation led by a foreign ideology, but in a nostalgic, almost charming way. <br><br>This book does away with that image. It tells the horrors of the GDR - Stasiland - from the perspective of both the victims and perpetrators (even though the latter might not see themselves as such). It's a grim reminder how quickly the world can change, and that we should be wary of this.

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Published 2026-08-06 08:09 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere