Stasiland

by

Anna Funder

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Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Character Analysis

The chief propagandist for East Germany, Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler’s duties involved providing live commentary for the TV programs of West Germany, on a station informally known as “the Black Channel.” For decades, he was secretly despised throughout East Germany, in part because he ruined some of the only good TV entertainment that East Germans could access. Near the end of his life, he speaks to Anna Funder about the current state of Germany, and condemns capitalism for destroying his beloved country.

Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Quotes in Stasiland

The Stasiland quotes below are all either spoken by Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler or refer to Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Authoritarianism and the East German State Theme Icon
).
Chapter 13 Quotes

And when we started to get tied up in this ridiculous GDR success propaganda—exaggerated harvest results and production levels and so on—I withdrew from that altogether and confined myself to my specialist area: the work against imperialism.

Related Characters: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (speaker)
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis:
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Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler Quotes in Stasiland

The Stasiland quotes below are all either spoken by Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler or refer to Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
Authoritarianism and the East German State Theme Icon
).
Chapter 13 Quotes

And when we started to get tied up in this ridiculous GDR success propaganda—exaggerated harvest results and production levels and so on—I withdrew from that altogether and confined myself to my specialist area: the work against imperialism.

Related Characters: Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler (speaker)
Page Number: 135
Explanation and Analysis: