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Description acceptable. These documents are the main source on the KoKo, a “commercial coordination” program. Both Katherine Verdery and Timothy Garton Ash wrote memoirs about reading these documents, which were reconstructed by “puzzle women.” (-5[1])People developed a type of “envy” called Aktenneid (15[1])over these documents and could be “gaucked” by them via the Gauck Authority, which was run by a pastor who estimated that they take up 111 kilometers of shelf space. (15[1])These documents revealed the “operational decomposition” technique. (15[1]-5[1])The (*) “Rosenholz” subset (-5[1])of these documents are CD-ROMs about the HVA. The term “IM,” or “unofficial collaborator,” refers to the massive network of civilians who contributed (10[1])to these documents (10[2]-5[1])and were often (10[1])ostracized (10[1])after these documents were opened for public access in the ’90s. (10[1])For 10 points, identify these documents covering the activities (-5[1])of Eric Mielke’s secret police (10[1])in the GDR. ■END■ (10[5])

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