TY  - BOOK
AU  - Miller,Barbara
TI  - Narratives of Guilt and Compliance in Unified Germany: Stasi Informers and Their Impact on Society
T2  - Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative Ser
SN  - 9780203004609
AV  - HV8210.5.A45 -- M5665 2002eb 
U1  - 943.10870922 
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Germany -- Politics and government -- 1990-
KW  - Germany (East). -- Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
KW  - Informers -- Germany (East) -- Biography
KW  - Internal security -- Germany (East) -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: beginnings of a societal debate -- 1 'A completely normal biography'? -- 2 The recruitment process: a work of art -- 3 On motivation -- 4 Between theory and practice: a day in the life of a Stasi informer -- 5 'If only I had known': breaking the bond -- 6 Politicians as informers -- 7 Justice and the law -- 8 The guilt continuum: defining degrees of conformity and resistance -- 9 Looking back -- 10 Re-acquisition of biography -- 11 Impact and implications of an extraordinary legacy -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
N2  - Analysing 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
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