überwachung
surveillance
Liebe
love
geheim
secret
Redefreiheit
freedom of speech
Berufsverbot
exclusion from a civil-service profession by a Government ruling
Emanzipation
emancipation
Mut
courage
repressiv
repressive
Kunst
art
Befreiung
liberation
erpressung
blackmail
totalitar
totalitarian
Kultur
culture
Freiheit
freedom
Individuell
individual
Spitzel
informant
Observierungen
keeping someone under observation
verhörmethoden
interrogation methods
Stärke
strength
subversion
subversion
oppression
oppression
Spionage
espionage
Regimegegner
opponents of the regime
Dissidenten
dissidents
Menschlichkeit
humanity
hierarchisch
hierarchical
Stasi
secret police
Staatsmach
state power
Haft
arrest
Zensur
censorship
abhören
to spy on
verwanzen
to bug a room
der Spion
the spy
DDR
GDR
die Stasi
Staatssicherheit
der Künstler
artist
der Dichter
poet, author
staatfinden
to take place