Question
The first large, public stand against this organization by its country’s writers was after it forcibly expatriated the singer behind the song “Ermutigung,” Wolf Biermann. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this East German secret police.
ANSWER: Stasi
[10m] The Stasi employed a group of poets led by Uwe Berger named for this other organization founded by Felix Dzerzhinsky. After the assassination of its leader Moisei Uritsky, this group led the Red Terror.
ANSWER: Cheka [accept the Writing Chekists]
[10h] The Chekists worked under this Stasi leader, who shared power with Markus Wolf. In an address to the Volkskammer, he declared “I love all humanity,” got laughed off stage, hyperventilated, and had to be hospitalized.
ANSWER: Erich Mielke
<Emmett Laurie, European History>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Berkeley A | Stanford | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |