Which keywords can I search for to find out more about all those things? I tried "gdr poison attempt" for example, but couldn't find anything. Links would be great too, but don't want to trouble anyone.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Austin Murphy's "Triumph of evil" is very relevant

[–] woodenghost@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Thanks! I quickly found a PDF.

[–] edinbruh@feddit.it -5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and nobody was forbidden to get out of East Berlin, right? And when the wall fell no one cheered. After all, the wall was to keep westerners out in the first place.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Trying so hard to make border security in the face of overt hostility and constant espionage/sabotage sound unreasonable