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Spying for the Stasi

22/10/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Spying for the Stasi

The secret life of Sascha Anderson, an avant-garde poet who informed for the Stasi

In 1991, Sascha Anderson, one of East Berlin's most famous poets, was revealed to have been an informer for the secret police.

In 1991, one of East Berlin's most famous poets was revealed to have been an informer for the secret police. Sascha Anderson speaks to Witness about his double life.

Photo: A shelf in the files department of the Stasi-archives in Berlin. Credit: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images.

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