• 1Malayali ( 1Malayali@lemmy.ml ) 
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    21 days ago

    Why would not there be Stasi surveillance?

    Did not the Nazis have a decent amount of supporters in the populace? And did not kids learn Nazi ideology from schools n society when Nazi’s were ruling?

    Why would not the socialists who saw a lot of sacrifices to defeat Nazis have surveillance in a state that was freed from Nazism, but where people may have lingering Nazi support? There would be surveillance and other plans to ensure that Nazism does not come back.

    Also, added to that how the Capitalist/Imperialist powers were trying to sabotage them.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio#Germany

    But 200 to 1 seems inefficient. What was the number for West Germany? Were they more efficient? Did Western capitalist technology and co-operation with entities like Zee Eye Aye help them to reduce the numbers?
    Or were they less interested in such aspects?