mr yon there was a pervasive sense of mistrust in east germany because the state authorities could spy on any citizen at any time. you were targeted by the stasi and now you're in charge of their archives do you still have a sense of trust. so i wouldn't put it quite like that they're working isas in east germany where you'd find that someone you had trusted was actually working for the stasi the secret police but that's why we have to keep studying these archives so that we can find out what happened and deal with it. as we need to confront the past and i think that will be a step forward for germany now and in the future. when you have a betrayed by so-called friends. yes i had a few disappointments it's beneath me negatively but i learn from those situations and that's a good thing. when things like that happen you can make a new start and deal with it effectively. sometimes you can talk to the person who disappointed you and then decide whether you really can make a fresh start. off your east german citizenship was revoked two thousand nine hundred eighty three and you moved to wes