Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany: Stasi Informers and their Impact on SocietyAnalysing Stasi files and interviews with one time informers, the author examines the confrontation with this legacy in united Germany. She discusses the daily machinations of the state and the motivation and justification of being an informer. |
Contents
A completely normal biography? | |
a work of | |
On motivation | |
a day in the life of a Stasi informer | |
breaking the bond | |
Politicians as informers | |
Justice and the | |
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Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany: Stasi Informers and ... Barbara Miller No preview available - 2014 |
Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany: Stasi Informers and ... Barbara Miller No preview available - 1999 |
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