Bärbel Bohley warns about the return of totalitarian Stasi methods in our society – a quote of deep meaning and current relevance.
“All these investigations, the thorough research into the Stasi structures, the methods with which they worked and still work, all this will fall into the wrong hands. One will examine these structures in detail - in order to then take them over. They will be adapted a little to fit a free Western society. They won't necessarily arrest the troublemakers either. There are more subtle ways to disarm someone. But the secret bans, the watching, the suspicion, the fear, the isolation and exclusion, the branding and muzzling of those who don't conform - that will come back, believe me. Institutions will be created that will work much more effectively, much more finely than the Stasi. The constant lying will also come back, the disinformation, the fog in which everything loses its contour.”
Bärbel Bohley
Bärbel Bohley was a prominent East German civil rights activist and artist who opposed the East German regime.
This powerful quote warns profoundly about the return of totalitarian methods that can thrive hidden even within free societies.
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Bärbel Bohley (1945–2010) was a German civil rights activist, artist, and co-founder of the opposition group “Neues Forum” in East Germany. She was an outspoken critic of the SED regime and advocated for democracy and human rights.
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