I defended myself at the first opportunity I had, which was a meeting of writers in which I proved that Honecker had based his whole attack.
Stefan HeymPeople who were not active in the intellectual life of the country could go on without feeling restricted, except they could not go where they wanted. They could not cross the border to the West whenever they liked.
Stefan HeymI did not oppose unification, I knew unification would have to come, but not in the form in which it did come. There were two ways of doing it and they took it the radical way, the forceful way.
Stefan Heym