The Stasi and the Berlin Wall
By DW
22 September 2023 |
4:27 pm
For one group, at least, the erection of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 was a stroke of luck. Over the following decades, the Wall would be the lifeblood of the East German secret police, known as the Stasi.
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