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In love with a Stasi

During the Cold War, Gabriel Kleim was one of a group of women prosecuted after being tricked into handing over secrets to Romeo spies sent by the East German secret police, the Stasi.

During the Cold War, more than thirty West German women were prosecuted after being tricked into handing over secrets to Romeo spies sent by the Stasi, the East German secret police. Gabriel Kleim was one of them and she feels betrayed by her country and by the man she fell in love with. For Assignment, Angus Crawford tells her story and asks if, twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, women like her deserve to be forgiven.

23 minutes

Last on

Sun 22 Mar 2009 11:06GMT

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  • Thu 19 Mar 2009 09:06GMT
  • Thu 19 Mar 2009 12:06GMT
  • Thu 19 Mar 2009 16:06GMT
  • Thu 19 Mar 2009 20:06GMT
  • Fri 20 Mar 2009 01:06GMT
  • Sat 21 Mar 2009 06:06GMT
  • Sun 22 Mar 2009 00:06GMT
  • Sun 22 Mar 2009 11:06GMT

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