Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Wi: Stasi Trip

We went into old East Germany to see the Stasi museum. Our train took us outside Berlin where we got Wurst from the Human Wurst Stand.Then just outside the Stasi museum was another food stand. I had a horse meatball from the "Horse Ball Stand". There was even a picture of a horse on the menu. I was unable to resist.
This is a picture of the outside of infamous "Building 1" of the Stasi or East German Secret Police. The Stasi has a budget in 1987 of 1.3B Marks nearly 1.3% of GDP. There were nearly 61,000 officers and nearly 157,000 "unofficial" informants.
Preserved are the original offices and furniture of the high ranking Stasi officers including Erich Mielke. http://www.geocities.com/isanders_2000/stasi.htm


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