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The decomposition of the soul

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Massimo Iannetta and Nina Toussaint

Hartmut Richter et Sigrid Paul

Berlin-Hohenschönhausen was not an ordinary place of detention. This former STASI remand centre did not appear on maps of East Berlin and had the sinister singularity of having as many interrogation rooms as detention cells. It was symbolic of the repressive system of the ex-GDR. Its true function was that of the psychological ”decomposition” of the inmates.Today, in the absence of the torturers, three witnesses echo this topology of terror. ”There are some who say : you can’t change men by force. But they would say : don’t be so sure. We know our trade and time is on our side.”

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