"The Stasi police knew your cat's name, his birthday, what food he liked, at what hour he sleeps, if he was a comrade..."
"The Stasi police knew your cat's name, his birthday, what food he liked, at what hour he sleeps, if he was a comrade..."
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Meanwhile outside of Berlin
In 1981, Rene Seiptius and two friends attempted to flee from East Germany to West Germany. While they managed to avoid land mines, they did trip a spring-gun, killing one of Rene's friends.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_attempts_and_victims_of_the_inner_German_border
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The Stasi had 90,000 full-time employees who were assisted by 170,000 full-time unofficial collaborators (Inoffizielle Mitarbeiter); together these made up 1 in 63 (nearly 2%) of the entire East German population. Together with these, a much larger number of occasional informers brought up the total to 1 per 6.5 persons
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"I have a pen... I have a paper... I know their address... I'll report them."
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Why don't North Koreans just swim in the water around the DMZ and go to the south? 🤓
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Makes me wonder: are north koreans allowed to own an accurate world map?
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Yes, but only if you work for the ministry of
propagandatruth.Or you are the nuclear weapons officer, but you only get the map 5 minutes before WW3
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Didn't the wall completely surround the west city?
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Yes, part of the city was an enclave, supplied mostly by air. (1)
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