Tit for tat

Stasi prison June 04, 1986

I’m puzzled really.

Another transport day.

Two more comrades leaving.

Both with less than 2/3 of their sentence.

Both less than a year in total.

Rookies.

Bless them.

I’m happy for them.

Still, things don’t add up for me.

I believe I’ve been direct enough.

There must be enough ammunition for the lawyers out there.

"He appears hostile against the state and socialism, expresses to reject re-integration, someone like him will certainly influence the prisoners negatively..."

My dad’s job with some special trips to Western countries?

He’s a booth builder for crying out loud and they hold them on leashes at every step.

Or do they simply want to send a signal into my network for others to shy away from similar action?

Nine weeks left on my sentence.

Can’t find sleep over this.

There is still time.

I refuse to plan for the release back home.

I won’t go back to Leipzig, even if my folks would kill to have me back.

Planning my next moves right outside that gate in nine weeks keeps me energized and sharp.

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Background developments during the Stasi prison time that I was not aware of: The Stasi grows concerned.

*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.