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The Stasi while more recent and more correct a name to use here are still something not everyone knows about to the same extent as the gestapo.


In Germany they certainly do.


indeed. Gestapo is "a long time ago", Stasi is something half the country at least knows people personally affected by.


Stasi works better if this is a purely German question, but this is an international issue. Gestapoware is way more obvious than Stasiware for people outside Germany, while both surely resonate inside the country.




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