The STASI: the fearsome POLITICAL POLICE that OVERCAME the KGB - VisualPolitik EN
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After the Second World War, Germany was divided into two states: in the West the Federal Republic of Germany, built as another Western democracy; in the East, the German Democratic Republic, a communist dictatorship in the mould of the Kremlin.
In other words, in addition to being separated, the two Germanies were also at odds with each other. They had two completely opposite political models. The Berlin Wall was in fact the symbol of this division. A barrier that was erected to prevent…
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