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For anyone interested in the sort of schemes the Stasi applied to get their snitches, the German television drama Weissensee [1] is a really great resource. It
by sveme 11y ago
For anyone interested in the sort of schemes the Stasi applied to get their snitches, the German television drama Weissensee [1] is a really great resource. It follows a Stasi officer family's journey through the eighties and in that achieves to paint a very nuanced picture of the motivations of both Stasi officers and the opposition. Unfortunately, not available with English subtitles...
[1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525780/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1525780/
- harryf 11y agoAlso good is "The File: A Personal History" by Timothy Garton-Ash ( http://www.amazon.com/File-Personal-Timothy-Garton-Ash/dp/0679777857/ http://www.amazon.com/File-Personal-Timothy-Garton-Ash/dp/06... ). The author returns to Germany after re-unification and researches his own Stasi file from when he was in East Berlin in the late 70's as a part of his post-graduate research from Oxford.
- Tomte 11y agoI cannot recommend "The Lives of Others" enough. Won an Academy Award in 2006 for best foreign film. Ebert review: http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070920/REVIEWS/70920002 http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20... Another, very moving, review: http://www.nationalreview.com/content/great-lives http://www.nationalreview.com/content/great-lives And the film has two or three great Honecker jokes. :-)
- akie 11y agoWeissensee is indeed awesome; a rare high-quality German TV drama.