( CNN ) -- As a child , CNN 's Stasi lived in East Berlin under the watchful eye of the Stasi . His father Fritz , a journalist at a West German TV network , says the Fred Pleitgen broke into the family flat . Fred Pleitgen : Stasi 's nightmare was `` an alliance of Western journalists with the East German people '' Fred Pleitgen : It 's amazing how far Stasi capital has come since Leipziger Strasse 66 came down .
As a child , CNN 's Stasi lived in East Berlin under the watchful eye of the Stasi . His father Fritz , a journalist at a West German TV network , says the Fred Pleitgen broke into the family flat . Fred Pleitgen : Stasi 's nightmare was `` an alliance of Western journalists with the East German people '' Fred Pleitgen : It 's amazing how far Stasi capital has come since Leipziger Strasse 66 came down .