When we consider population recovery and all other aspects of “Stasiland”, it is necessary that we are clear about the donor's values ​​regarding this topic. Each story received is filtered based on its purpose and point of view. Funder wants her interviewees to come to terms with their past, as she is aware that recovery can take a long time, but more importantly, it can lead people to separate themselves from their past and leave it behind. , as a question processed and finalized. Therefore, in "Stasiland", reconstruction does not exist, because not only is it necessary for people to remain attached to their past to create their future, but the majority of people are unable to recover from it due to the absence of a previous life. which these people considered worthy of being returned and recreated. However, for many, reconciliation is associated with recovery. As readers, it is not possible to conclude that the characters remain unable to regain their sense of presence and importance in the world, because we have not been subjected to this level of oppression, therefore the recovery looks very different from what we are building on the East Germans. The German environment remains harsh and unforgiving: “In northern Germany, I live at the gray end of the spectrum: gray buildings, gray earth, gray birds and gray trees.” This is the message Funder receives from his first observations: the color and life of the country and its people have been removed, or potentially never existed. Therefore, how can we expect people like Julia and Miriam to rebuild their lives if they have been shunned from society, to the point where outsiders label them "downtrodden crybabies" who "had communism for forty years, and now it's over. .... middle of paper ...... do not seem defined by the past, like Julia and Miriam, receive the necessary attention and are therefore not dismissed as invalid or useless for German history, based on their level of shame and embarrassment about their past. The reassurance she gives these characters to come to terms with their past creates a stable and positive future, because no matter how hard these people try to fully recover, the brutality and mental damage caused by the regime will always ensure that the past is hidden. somewhere in the shadow of their future. It is also necessary, as an outsider, not to overlook the actions taken by these characters, and therefore classify them as minimal. The eventual happiness and imprint they make on themselves is important in the scheme of their past, and it is indeed a step towards recovery, aided by time and effort..