english: The East Germans knew, of course, that they were surrounded by informers, in a totalitarian regime that created mistrust and a state of widespread fear, the most important tools to oppress people in any dictatorship.
non_english: Vzhodni Nemci so seveda vedeli, da jih obkrožajo ovaduhi, da so v totalitarnem režimu, ki je ustvaril nezaupanje in obsežno stanje strahu kot najpomembnejši orodji  za zatiranje ljudstva v katerikoli diktaturi.