In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited & East Germany ceased to exist In a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight & one in 50 East Germans were informing on their countrymen & women there are a thousand stories just waiting to get out Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of the former East Germany
- she meets Miriam who as a 16-year-old might have started World War III visits the man who painted the line which became the Berlin Wall & gets drunk with the legendary Mik Jegger of the East once declared by the authorities to his face to no longer to exist Written with wit & literary flair Stasiland provides a rivetting insight into life behind the wall