Fruits and vegetables

Stasi prison July 21, 1985

The tunnel leads to the court yard.

Back in that car again.

Barkas B1000.

What I didn’t notice the last time:

It’s branded as a produce delivery van!

“Fruits and Vegetables” - Berlin license plates.

Stasi Barkas. The Stasi secret service transported their political prisoners in disguised vehicles. Officially there were no political prisoners in that country. I was transported several times with these rolling boxes that included 20x20inch cells. Marked as produce delivery vehicles.

What irony!

My last fresh produce I ate?

The night before I started it all - 13-April.

They push me inside.

Mini cells within the van.

Abundance: 20 by 20 inches.

The drive is rough.

I still don’t know where to.

It’s over very fast: 10min tops.

A new era begins.

*Testimony -> Start. This blog entry is part of a linear narrated testimony of the contemporary witness Jens Thieme who was imprisoned 1985-1986 as a political prisoner in various GDR prisons by the GDR Ministry of State Security. Stasi prison, Stasi jail, Stasi detention.