![]() ![]() This created a snowball effect of citizens tracking each other and an atmosphere of paranoia. They were so worried about being reported on that they would that they would preemptively find things to report about those around them. ![]() ![]() What she discovered in her interviews was that people lived in constant fear. The author compares and contrasts life of the residents during the times before and after the wall came down, giving the reader a sense of the constant surveillance they lived under behind the wall, and how deep the psychological scars are for some of them. Though I knew that it was no picnic behind the Berlin Wall, through Anna Funder’s writing I was able to experience in a deeper way the dismal atmosphere, and read the many stories of those fearful residents who survived that time period. Stasiland, while not an emotionally uplifting book, is unique and educational when it comes to shining a light on what life was like in East Germany. Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall ![]()
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