“…A gigantic European surveillance apparatus ultimately appears – spies and informants with German thoroughness, millions of victims and mountains of files in the "Gauck Archive".…”

“…It begins as the GDR enjoys its greatest success, recognition by the Federal Republic of Germany - the hope for two German states and peaceful coexistence. From this point on the GDR walked a tightrope between detente and diverging from the West.…”