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aCknoWledgments The chapters by Cantor, Scott, and Taylor first appeared (in somewhat different form) in Perspectives on Political Science, April–June 2011, Vol. 40, No. 2. We thank Perspectives for permission to reprint here. The chapter by WilkefirstappearedinGermanas“FiktionodererlebtGeschichte?ZurFrage der Glaubwürdigkeit des Films Das Leben der Anderen,” in German Studies Review 2008, Vol. 31, No. 3. We thank German Studies Review and Johns Hopkins University Press for permission to publish an English translation here. The chapter by Biermann first appeared in German in Die Welt on March 22, 2006, and then in English at signandsight.com on March 29, 2006. We thank signandsight.com and Pamela Biermann for permission to reprint here. The chapter by Gieseke first appeared in A Handbook of the Communist Security Apparatus in East Central Europe, 1944–1989, edited by Krzysztof Persak and Łukasz Kamiński (Warsaw, 2005). We thank Jens Gieseke and the Institute of National Remembrance for permission to reprint here. The costs associated with permissions, translations, photographs, and the interview with Gauck were all covered by a generous grant from Skidmore College. Many thanks are due to Paul Hockenos for his willingness to undertake the interview and his persistence in securing it. Thanks also to Dirk Johnson for his translation of the Wilke chapter. We are also grateful to Peter Grieder for his expertise on East Germany. We benefited from the wisdom of Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz on many questions related to the film and this volume. We also thank the anonymous reviewers for the University Press of Kentucky both at the proposal stage of the project and after the submission of the manuscript. Their suggestions have improved the volume immensely. Steve Wrinn and Allison Webster at the press are models of professionalism . We are very grateful for Steve’s patience and guidance throughout the process. We can’t imagine a better editor. 257 ...

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