In the question of peace, people spoke up and demonstrated for peace and against the threat of war, the threat of atomic war.
Stefan HeymThese were the things that the government supplied you with - in turn, of course, demanding obedience. But you must not imagine that it was a constant feeling of outrage that was in the minds of people and the hearts of people.
Stefan HeymA foreman in the East wouldn't know how many workers he would have the next day, because part of his working force had left the system to go to West Germany.
Stefan HeymI disapproved of the fact that the government here refused to adopt the few reforms that Gorbachev put over in the field of media and the field of culture.
Stefan Heym