The result is part trip, part secret journal, spliced together into a lurid public memorandum.

NEWYORKER: Tarnation

Meanwhile her parents, who may or may not have been collaborators with the secret police, take their first trip abroad to Italy.

BBC: Post-unification novel divides Germany

The Secret Service was criticised for not taking adequate safety precautions prior to the trip and for not liaising enough with other government departments.

BBC: 28 September