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“Восточная Германия была огромным местом лишения свободы, управляемым русскими, Штази воплощала в себе наихудшие крайности немецкой авторитарности и бюрократического педантизма, все, у кого есть мозги, и все, у кого есть характер, бежали на Запад до возведения стены, но узники, оставшиеся искупать коллективную вину страны, были парадоксальным образом освобождены от немецкого начала в себе. Те, с кем я познакомился в Йене, были скромны, непунктуальны, импульсивны и щедро делились тем немногим, что имели.”

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