A Western writer came up to me and said, how come nobody at this demonstration spoke of German … - Stefan Heym

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Stefan Heym

A Western writer came up to me and said, how come nobody at this demonstration spoke of German unity? I told him, because it isn't on the agenda. People were interested in having another, better GDR, another, better socialism.

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Today, when we live in a what is called Western democracy here. . . you're not taken seriously all the time. You can write what you want because nobody cares about it. But at that time, they cared very much about what you wrote, so that's an entirely different feeling.

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If you live in a system that is suppressive, you don't walk upright, you always go with your head down.

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People in the East looked toward the West with longing. They would have liked to have the same comforts, the same goods, the same chances. They saw a system that demanded of them sacrifices with nothing but promises for the future.

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I was in psychological warfare in World War II, so I know psychological warfare when I see it.

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And of course, in West Germany, they made every effort that people who came from the East would get jobs and would get a comfortable existence. That was part of the Cold War - and part of the winning side of the Cold War.

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