news-making communities, e.g. drug scene, gay scene, disco scene 1978 konspirative Wohnung Conspirative apartment Reference to the hideout of the kidnappers...

which he had signed up had taken place in a "secret apartment" ("konspirative Wohnung") near his home somewhere on Rügen, and this apartment, made available...

of making his apartment available as a "conspirative apartment" (konspirative Wohnung) to the Ministry for State Security ("Stasi"), where a local Stasi...