Stasiland

Stasiland
Later edition cover
AuthorAnna Funder
LanguageEnglish
SubjectEast German culture, Stasi
Genrehistory
PublisherGranta
Publication date
5 June 2003
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages304
943.087
LC ClassHV8210.5 .A2
Websitegranta.com/products/stasiland/

Stasiland by Anna Funder is a book first published in Australia by Text Publishing in 2002 about individuals who resisted the East German regime, and others who worked for its secret police, the Stasi. It tells the story of what it was like to work for the Stasi, and describes how those who did so now come to terms, or do not, with their pasts.

Funder, an Australian, found that Germans often resorted to stereotypes in describing the Ossis, the German nickname for those who lived in East Germany, dismissing questions about civil resistance. She used classified ads to reach former members of the Stasi and anti-Stasi organizations and interviewed them extensively.[1]

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