An investigation of denunciators for the East German secret police, the Ministry of State Security and the way they have been publicly unveiled.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Exposing unofficial collaborators; 2. The regime, the secret police, and coming to terms with the past; 3. The case(s) of the litigating spies: public shame, reputation, and respect; 4. Civic interpellations: denunciation as self-disrespect; 5. Stasi agents as responsible agents? Responsibility and respect; 6. An apology for public apologies: a matter of respect?; 7. The politics of reconciliation: offering respect?; 8. Conclusion: thou all-spying knave, of all deeds of shame.