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[@IWTCIEM](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5318176#post_5318176)
You know, trying to compare the *total number of deaths in World War 2* to the number of *people killed trying to flee East Germany* (which, by the way, was on a 28-year period according to your sources, not 40) isn't really improving your credibility here.
And lsince you mention suicides, did you know the suicide rate in East Germany rose so high that the state stopped disclosing statistics about it altogether? Turns out the Stasi was subtle enough to content themselves with psychologically torturing people and using various means to ruin their lives rather than murdering them outright.
As bad as the FBI might've been during the Cold War, they simply couldn't compete with them in that domain.