Germany confronts the Stasi files

Article Abstract:

The secret activities of the Stasi were revealed after their records were opened for public scrutiny. Victims were surprised after discovering the identity of the informants and realizing that apart from surveillance, the agency also made attempts to destroy the lives of suspected subversives.

Political aspects, Military policy, Records and correspondence, East Germany, Germany, East

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East Germans face their accusers

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The exhaustive files that East German State Security police (Stasi) kept on activists and intellectuals have been opened to the victims. In many cases the informers were friends, colleagues, neighbors and relatives. The Stasi tried to persecute its victims as well as spying on them.

Germany, Investigations, Informers

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Life as a blockhead: the carnival performer never met a nail he didn't want to hammer into his own face

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Freakshow performer Burkhart welcomed fame in his guise as Human Blockhead, pummeling large spikes into his nose at carnivals. He was also renowned as a contortionist, possessing the ability frown and smile on different sides of his face at the same time.

Obituary, Personalities, Carnivals, Carnivals (Amusements), Burkhart, Melvin

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