It's remarkable how quickly Communism collapsed in Eastern Europe the moment Soviet support went.
Despite decades of intense propaganda, killings of people in uprisings and the methods of Stasi as described in the article.
Even with all that effort most people didn't believe in the regime.
So it's hard to say whether the Stasi's tactics worked. Only people in the regimes like Ceausescu and Honecker actually thought people liked it. And perhaps not even them.
Despite decades of intense propaganda, killings of people in uprisings and the methods of Stasi as described in the article.
Even with all that effort most people didn't believe in the regime.
So it's hard to say whether the Stasi's tactics worked. Only people in the regimes like Ceausescu and Honecker actually thought people liked it. And perhaps not even them.