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After 20 years, living scars of the past

August 11th, 2011 · 3 Comments

After the Second World War, Germany was divided in two parties, but the eastern part influenced by the Soviets kept a horrific eye on Western Germany. There was established the Stasi, an intelligence service, in order to monitor suspicious movements. Dagmar Hovestädt , press officer at the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State [...]

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