Here is what the Foundation which supported me the summer of 2024 at beautiful Schwanenwerder writes about me: "In 1997 our scholarship holder Susan Morrison, a professor from Texas, learned that there was a Stasi file on her - from her time as an American teacher in the GDR. How do you deal with that? Morrison is writing a book, and in Schwanenwerder she found the perfect place to reflect on 'What is past is present'."
In my talks, I presented on two experiences from my German Democratic Republic past and my Stasi-file: once when I was held at the West-East Berlin border in January 1989 and about the notorious Wall Newspaper incident from 1985 in Rostock, East Germany. The discussions were lively, fun, and extremely enthusiastic. I'm so grateful to the Foundation.