{"product_id":"17371-simon-menner-top-secret","title":"Simon Menner. Top Secret","description":"Almost 300,000 people worked for the GDR secret service – far more per inhabitant than, for example, for the CIA or the Soviet KGB. Almost 50 years after the construction of the Berlin Wall, Simon Menner (born 1978 in Emmendingen) has discovered spectacular images in the State Security archives that document the work of surveillance. Formerly secret, highly official photographs show officers and employees professionally disguised, sticking on fake beards, or communicating with hand signals. Their appearance seems almost ridiculous today, although the laughter catches in the viewer's throat. The publication can be seen as a visual reappraisal of German history and current questions of surveillance – and is at the same time extremely amusing. The fact that the artist was denied access to the doors of the other side, such as the British Secret Service or the German Federal Intelligence Service, lends the topic an explosive and absurd touch.","brand":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Book (978-3-7757-3620-6)","offer_id":45171450216712,"sku":"9783775736206","price":7.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8948\/8049\/files\/odoo_9783775736206_1798ad66-497b-400f-9cd8-3a36d4b28b1d.jpg?v=1744135299","url":"https:\/\/hatjecantz.de\/en\/products\/17371-simon-menner-top-secret","provider":"Hatje Cantz Verlag","version":"1.0","type":"link"}