Incredible though it seems, in the closing years of the GDR the Stasi trained operatives to become poets in order to infiltrate literary circles. Years of sleuthing has yielded this remarkable account of how poetry was weaponised in the struggle against the class enemy.
The Stasi Poetry Circle
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£14.99
Edition:Hardback978057133119217/02/2022
Categories: 02. Books for the New Year 2022: History, Books for the New Year 2022, History
Tag: Germany
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