Now on the History Channel, we return to the horrors of communism.

Colonel, could you maybe tell us a little more about your time in the East German security apparatus?

Yeah, well, there was much demand for patriots who were prepared to work for the state.

At the time, I was studying at the technical university, and I was approached by someone

from the interior ministry, and he asked me if I was a patriot, and I said, yeah, and he said,

are you woke?

And I said, yes, queen.

A few months later, I was a member of the Vogue Stasi.

The Woke Stasi? Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Vogue Stasi.

When the communist government first came to power, they immediately introduced five new genders.

By the time 10 years had gone by, they introduced 15 more, and they needed a new breed of agents to enforce the rules.

What sort of rules were there?

Ah, for most people it was okay.

Local party officials who tell them that they had to have blue hair or verdangarees,

but for some it was harder.

They resisted.

I found myself going to a factory to confront a man there.

He said to me, I am married with children.

Why must I identify as nine wolves, each more gay than the last? And I said to him, this is Marxism.

So, was this about the time that you started to become disillusioned with your work?

Nine, nine, this took a long time. The first 10, 15 years, it was all routine, inspecting workplaces to make sure they were

run by a girl boss, checking that guys were not being dudes, preventing people from saying

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