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Stasiland demonstrates that great, originalreporting is still possible. The first edition of the novel was published in 2003, and was written by anna funder. In, the berlin wall fell shortly afterwards the two germanies reunited, and east germany ceased to exist in a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight and in which one in fifty east germans were informing on their fellow citizens, there are thousands of captivating. Funders research centers around the stasi, the east german secret police and surveillance force.
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