15 SEPTEMBER 2009, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY<\/p>\n
The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cOld Secret Police Agents Never Die, Sometimes They Just Go into Politics\u201d \u2013 3<\/p>\n
(NOTE: This report illustrates just how long and persistent German institutional memory can be, and who can embody it, even in cases where there may not be a direct link with a German university like the Technical University of Munich.)<\/p>\n
The people of Schoenberg gave Heinze 72 percent of the vote in the recent mayoral election, but he has a problem. When the German Democratic Republic still existed, Heinze, under the cover name \u201cRichard,\u201d worked as an \u201cunofficial colleague,\u201d i.e., an informer, for the Stasi, the East German secret police. That was in addition to his official post as local commander of the border police. (Note: these \u201cGrenztruppen\u201d were responsible for preventing anyone from fleeing the socialist paradise and crossing into West Germany.) For Heinze, his past activities present no difficulty. He is quite willing to show proof of his earlier work as an informer, openly, for our cameras.<\/strong><\/p>\n (To be continued)<\/p>\n Source: Fugmann, Tom, \u201cDer Stasi-Buergermeister,\u201c 3Sat, \u201cKulturzeit\u201c Broadcast of 13 August 2009.<\/p>\n *The Technical University of Munich, officially recognized by the German government as an \u201celite university,\u201d is ranked 67 among the world\u2019s universities. That is, for example, sixteen places below Seoul National University of South Korea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<\/p>\n \u201cWhile the traditional study-abroad sites for Americans \u2014 Britain, Italy, Spain and France \u2014 still attract more students from the United States, the report found that China is now the fifth-most-popular destination.\u201d \u2013 The New York Times, 17 November 2008<\/p>\n And what about Germany?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision<\/p>\n \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014-<\/p>\n 15 SEPTEMBER 2009, DIENSTAG, D\u00dcSSELDORF, DEUTSCHLAND<\/p>\n Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen* \u2013 \u201eStasi-Agenten sterben nie, manchmal werden sie Politiker\u201c \u2013 3<\/p>\n Gerade haben sie ihn mit 72 Prozent wieder gew\u00e4hlt. Doch das alte und neue Stadtoberhaupt hat einen Makel: Er hat als Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter mit dem Decknamen “Richard” f\u00fcr die Staatssicherheit gearbeitet. Au\u00dferdem war er Kommandeur bei den Grenztruppen. Mit seiner Vergangenheit hat er kein Problem. Unverhohlen zeigt er die Nachweise seiner Spitzelt\u00e4tigkeit in die Kamera.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Fortsetzung folgt.)<\/p>\n Quelle: Fugmann, Tom, \u201eDer Stasi-B\u00fcrgermeister,\u201c 3Sat, \u201eKulturzeit\u201c-Sendung vom 13.08.09.<\/p>\n *Die Technische Universit\u00e4t M\u00fcnchen, eine durch die deutsche Regierung anerkannte \u201eElite-Universit\u00e4t\u201c, steht an der 67. Stelle in der Welt; d.h., zum Beispiel, 16 Stellen unter der Seoul National University von S\u00fcdkorea. (The Times of London, Higher Education Supplement [THES], World University Rankings, 2007)<\/p>\n \u201eUnter Amerikanern, die im Ausland studieren, sind die beliebtesten L\u00e4nder Gro\u00dfbritannien, Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und China.\u201c \u2013 The New York Times, 17.11.2008.<\/p>\n Und was ist mit Deutschland?<\/em><\/p>\n Novel: http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/revision\/ 15 SEPTEMBER 2009, TUESDAY, DUSSELDORF, GERMANY The Technical University of Munich* \u2013 \u201cOld Secret Police Agents Never Die, Sometimes They Just Go into Politics\u201d \u2013 3 (NOTE: This report illustrates just how long and persistent German institutional memory can be, and who can embody it, even in cases where there may not be a direct […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":165,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[383],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tu-munich"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1895"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1897,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1895\/revisions\/1897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/germany2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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