It is estimated that during the brief history of the German Democratic Republic (1945-1990) close to one in fifty of the total population ‘co-operated’ in some capacity with the secret police (Stasi) in spying on his/her own friends, neighbours and families.
After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the re-unification of Germany, a substantial portion of Stasi files were made public. A distinctive feature of these open files was the large black lines which obliterated any information the new regime considered ‘delicate’.
The repercussions from this process of de-Stasification are still being felt today.
… and so a woman approaching forty revisits her hometown. After years of living in another country, she comes seeking answers from an old friend and that friend’s husband, her former lover …
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