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![Her last publication, the volume ""Was bleibt"" (""What Remains""), heated tempers. Critics accused Christa Wolf (born 1929) of ""stylizing herself as a victim of state snooping"". Christa Wolf herself sees the attacks Her last publication, the volume ""Was bleibt"" (""What Remains""), heated tempers. Critics accused Christa Wolf (born 1929) of ""stylizing herself as a victim of state snooping"". Christa Wolf herself sees the attacks](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FNENP1/her-last-publication-the-volume-was-bleibt-what-remains-heated-tempers-critics-accused-christa-wolf-born-1929-of-stylizing-herself-as-a-victim-of-state-snooping-christa-wolf-herself-sees-the-attacks-as-a-targeted-hate-campaign-christa-wolf-is-one-of-the-few-authors-who-achieved-world-fame-in-the-former-gdr-she-was-considered-privileged-joined-the-sed-in-1949-was-a-candidate-for-the-sed-central-committee-but-she-was-also-sharply-critical-of-the-sed-state-christa-wolf-whom-her-colleague-horst-krger-once-called-an-all-german-saintly-figure-was-above-all-2FNENP1.jpg)
Her last publication, the volume ""Was bleibt"" (""What Remains""), heated tempers. Critics accused Christa Wolf (born 1929) of ""stylizing herself as a victim of state snooping"". Christa Wolf herself sees the attacks
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