Narratives of guilt and compliance in unified Germany : Stasi informers and their impact on society / Barbara Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Barbara, 1969-

Series:

Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative

Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative ; v.No.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit.

Germany (East).

Informers--Germany (East)--Biography.

Informers.

Internal security--Germany (East)--History.

Internal security.

Germany--Politics and government--1990-.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analysing Stasi files and interviews with one time informers, the author examines the confrontation with this legacy in united Germany. She discusses the daily machinations of the state and the motivation and justification of being an informer.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: beginnings of a societal debate; 'A completely normal biography'?; The recruitment process: a work of art; On motivation; Between theory and practice: a day in the life of a Stasi informer; 'If only I had known': breaking the bond; Politicians as informers; Justice and the law; The guilt continuum: defining degrees of conformity and resistance; Looking back; Re-acquisition of biography; Impact and implications of an extraordinary legacy; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-160) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-63220-7

1-134-63221-5

1-280-33478-9

0-203-00460-4

9780203004609

OCLC:

70738342