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Contents of Memoir
Preface
Introduction
Parts 1-7
1. Opening Report in My Stasi-File: June 6, 1973
2. Background: 1969–1975
3. Meeting at the GDR Writers’ Union: September 11, 1975
4. Connections and Preparations
5. Interview Questions
6. List of Writers
7. Person of Interest
Parts 8-15
8. First Report from IME “Dichter”: November 25, 1975
9. First Report from IMV “Kurt”: November 25, 1975
10. IMV “Kurt” and IMV “Julia”
11. Second Report from IMV “Kurt”: December 11, 1975
12. Informational Report: January 26, 1976
13. Contact with Stefan Heym: February, 1976
14. Friedrichshain Municipal Hospital: March/April, 1976
15. Third Report from IMV “Kurt”: June 4, 1976
Parts 16-22
16. First Report from IMV “Uwe”: June 4, 1976
17. Eberhard Scheibner’s Report: June 18, 1976
18. Visit with Konrad Reich in Rostock: June 20, 1976
19. Informational Report: July 22, 1976
20. Decision Not to Include Wolf Biermann
21. Project Status: Summer/Fall, 1976
22. Expatriation of Wolf Biermann: November, 1976
Parts 23-29
23. Presentation at the MLA Convention: December 27, 1976
24. Persons Pursuing Ideological Subversion: December, 1976
25. Second Report from IMV “Uwe”: February 11, 1977
26. Contract with Nordland Publishing Company: January, 1977
27. Return to Berlin: June, 1977
28. Fourth Report from IMV “Kurt”: June 8, 1977
29. Return to East Berlin as an IREX Scholar: October, 1977
Parts 30-36
30. First Report from IM “Dölbl”: October 19, 1977
31. Invitation to Jurek Becker (1)
32. Marital Problems Cause Brief Setback
33. Second Report from IM “Dölbl”: December 1, 1977
34. Fifth Report from IMV “Kurt”: December 2, 1977
35. Sixth Report from IMV “Kurt”: December 9, 1977
36. Farewell Dinner Party / First Surveillance Report: December 13, 1977
Parts 37-42
37. First Report on Farewell Dinner Party by IMV “Kurt”
38. Second Report on Farewell Dinner Party by IMV “Kurt”
39. Second Report from IME “Dichter”: December 30, 1977
40. Invitation to Jurek Becker (2)
41. Informational Report: January 7, 1978
42. Jurek Becker in Oberlin: February – May, 1978
Parts 43-49
43. Return to East Berlin as an IREX Scholar: May, 1978
44. First Report from IMV “Julia”: May 25, 1978
45. Second Surveillance Report: May 25, 1978
46. Second Report from IMV “Julia”: June 6, 1978
47. Assertions about Richard Zipser
48. Anthology of Contemporary East German Poetry: A New Project
49. Report on Visit with Kito Lorenc in Wuischke am Czorneboh: June 3-4, 1978
Parts 50-56
50. Report on Meeting with Students on June 15-16, 1978
51. Top Secret Informational Report: July 17, 1978
52. Top Secret Informational Report: August 4, 1978
53. Possible Denial of Re-entry into the GDR
54. 8th GDR Writers Congress: May 28-31, 1978
55. Fritz Rudolf Fries: IMS “Pedro Hagen”
56. First Report in the File Labelled “Pedro Hagen”
Parts 57-63
57. Report on May 24, 1978 Meeting: IMS “Pedro Hagen” and His Stasi-Handler
58. Report on May 29-30, 1978 Meetings: IMS “Pedro Hagen” and His Stasi-Handler
59. Report Dated June 27, 1978
60. Next Two Years at Oberlin College: 1978 to 1980
61. Proposal for Another Project: Anthology of Literature by Young GDR Writers
62. Year at the Hoover Institution: August, 1980–August, 1981
63. Two Newspaper Articles of Interest
Parts 64-70
64. Review of Stefan Heym’s
Die Schmähschrift oder Königin gegen Defoe
65. Nine Writers Expelled from GDR Writers’ Union: June, 1979
66. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Plans to Visit Richard Zipser in California
67. Report on March 12, 1981 Meeting: IMB “Pedro Hagen” and His Stasi-Handler
68. Report on May 13, 1981 Meeting: IMB “Pedro Hagen” and His Stasi-Handler
69. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Reports on His Visit with Richard Zipser in California
70. Fritz Rudolf Fries’s Imaginative Essay on His Visit to San Francisco
Parts 71-77
71. Creating a Network of GDR Sympathizers at US Universities
72. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Finds a GDR Sympathizer in Minnesota
73. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Reports on Nordland Publishing
74. Problems with Nordland Publishing: 1980-1982
75. Stasi Correspondence on Richard Zipser: May/June, 1981
76. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Receives a Present from Richard Zipser
77. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Plans a Second Trip to the United States
Parts 78-84
78. Bernd Jentzsch in Oberlin: February–May, 1982
79. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Cultivates a GDR Sympathizer: July, 1982
80. Request for Surveillance of Richard Zipser: January 26, 1983
81. No Sign of Richard Zipser or His Book
82. A Publisher for
DDR-Literatur im Tauwetter
83. Promotion to Full Professor and New Position: 1985–1986
84. Invitation to Helga Schütz
Parts 85-91
85. Return to East Germany: March, 1985
86. Cynthia Miller’s Invitation to a Reception in Honor of Richard Zipser
87. IMB “Pedro Hagen” Reports on the Reception at Cynthia Miller’s Residence
88. More Reports on the Reception at Cynthia Miller’s Residence
89. Book Fair in Leipzig: March, 1985
90. Final Report in the File Labelled “Pedro Hagen”: March 18, 1985
91. Re-entry Ban: June 11, 1985
Parts 92-98
92. Final Comments on Informant/Writer Fritz Rudolf Fries
93. Karl-Heinz Jakobs in Oberlin: February – May, 1986
94. New Hampshire Symposia for the Study of the GDR
95. Final Report in My Stasi-File: August, 1986
96. Review of
Studies in GDR Culture and Society 6
: August, 1987
97.
DDR-Studien/East German Studies
98. Final Entry to My Stasi-File: March 17, 1988
Parts 99-105
99. Fall of the Berlin Wall: November 9, 1989
100. Project on Literary Censorship in the German-Speaking Countries: 1987–1990
101. Last Trip to East Berlin: July, 1990
102. Reunification of Germany: October 3, 1990
103.
Fragebogen: Zensur / Questionnaire: Censorship
104. Three Letters and a Response from Uwe Berger: 1993–1994
105. In Search of My Stasi-File (1)
Parts 106-112
106. Joachim Walther’s
Sicherungsbereich Literatur / Security Zone Literature
107. US Germanists in the Index to Joachim Walther’s Book
108. In Search of My Stasi-File (2)
109. Arrival of My Stasi-File: January 22, 1999
110. Coming Full Circle
111. In Search of More Information in the Stasi-Files of Others
112. In Retrospect
Addendum
Afterword
Tribute
Photos of GDR Writers
Gallery 1: Arendt to Endler
Gallery 2: Erb to Jentzsch
Gallery 3: Kant to Mickel
Gallery 4: Morgner to Schlesinger
Gallery 5: Schneider to Wolf
Major GDR-Related Publications
1.
Die neuen Leiden des jungen W.
2.
Contemporary East German Poetry
3.
DDR-Literatur im Tauwetter: Wandel – Wunsch – Wirklichkeit
4.
Literary Censorship in the German-Speaking Countries
5.
Fragebogen: Zensur. Zur Literatur vor und nach dem Ende der DDR
6.
Literary Portrayals of Postunification Germany
7.
Von Oberlin nach Ostberlin. Als Amerikaner unterwegs in der DDR-Literaturszene
8.
DDR-Studien/East German Studies
Parts 106-112
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