Even that wasn't too far fetched, from what I can tell. I didn't visit Eastern Germany personally back in the days, but a lot of people told me those border patrol guys checking your passport didn't really act friendly, but rather harsh and "Prussian", for a lack of a better word.
These guys weren't ordinary border patrol troops, they reported directly to "Staatssicherheit", the Ministry for State Security, or "Stasi". Not only did they spy on their own people, but every person who travelled to Eastern Germany or East Berlin.
So I think a vast majority of people who came into contact with these guys had that "F.U.-feeling" - rightly so.
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