ICE brutally arrested and illegally detained George Retes, an American citizen and Army veteran.

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8. Not just Hitler

His socialist successors perfected the tactic to a high art. Every visitor to the former East Germany had to surrender all printed matter at the border, where it was confiscated and never returned. Not only that, it was forbidden for more than four people to congregate at a public place like a café. The were terrified, it seems, of idea infiltration. My wife and I had friends there, and the creepy feeling of being constantly observed was something we never got used to. It shapes your mentality. Our friends, even after they could come west, never ever got used to being able to say what they wanted without looking over their shoulder.