They would

Stasi prison July 23, 1986

The most important document of my life.

The release from the citizenship of the German ‘Democratic’ Republic.

This is the most expensive document for the price I have paid, my family has paid.

Almost 16 months of Stasi prison.

I’m still in their hands.

It’s only paper.

There were rumors also that they had kicked people off the bus a mile ahead of the border.

Would they go through all the work and process to get you off that bus and bring your back after all?

I think they would…

*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.