{"product_id":"gods-spies-the-stasis-cold-war-espionage-campaign-inside-the-church-9780745980089","title":"God's Spies: The Stasi's Cold War Espionage Campaign Inside the Church","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Elisabeth Braw\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Lion Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Lion Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Germany\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the Berlin Wall came down, the files of the East German secret police, the much-dreaded Stasi, were opened and read. And among the shocking stories revealed was that of the Stasi's infiltration of the Church. Almost 10% of the Lutheran Church's workforce were, it appears, busy involved in spying on each other, and on the Church's congregations. The Lutheran Church was the only semi-free space in East Germany, where those who rebelled against the regime could find a way of living at least a little out of the government's iron grip. Even the organisations that smuggled Bibles were infiltrated.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lion Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45050603733143,"sku":"9780745980089","price":972.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780745980089.webp?v=1769227511","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/gods-spies-the-stasis-cold-war-espionage-campaign-inside-the-church-9780745980089","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}