Stasiland Quotes Flashcards
First Line of Stasiland
“I am hungover” - Miriam
Toilet Madam attitude towards wall.
“I’d really like to have me a look at that wall of theirs.” - Toilet Madam
Anna’s interest in what was went on beyond the wall.
“I wonder long and hard what went on behind that wall.” - Anna
East Germany has gone but still remains.
“East Germany has disappeared, but it remains are still at the site.” - Anna
Stasi over night
“Stalinist spy unit one day, museum the next” - Anna
Anna’s interest in Miriam’s story.
“I could not get Miriam’s story … out of my mind.” - Anna
Anna wondering on being German
“Sometimes, I wonder what it would be like to be German.” - Anna
Experiment
“It was an experiment and it failed.” - Scheller
Enemy
“I became, officially, an Enemy to the State at sixteen.” - Miriam
Break
“They break you.” - Miriam
Dog
“they probably demoted that dog, poor thing.” - Miriam
Crazy
“They were all crazy and they were locking her up.”- Anna
No longer human
“When I got out of prison, i was basically no longer human.” - Miriam
Die
“It was the only time she ever thought she would die.” - Miriam
Story straight
“The least you people could do is get your story straight.” - Miriam
