description: A nonfiction account of life in the GDR under the watchful eye of the Stasi, the state secret police who maintained headquarters right in the heart of Berlin, and recovery after the files of the Stasi were released to the public after the wall fell.
language: English
title: Stasiland: Stories Behind the Berlin Wall
titlecomplete: Stasiland: Stories Behind the Berlin Wall
genres: Historical, Biography, Politics, European History, Memoir, Nonfiction, German Literature, Travel, Germany, History
ratings_count: 17481
places: Berlin Wall, East Germany, East Berlin, Germany, Berlin
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Guardian First Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: Granta Books