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Olympian Katarina Witt: I Felt 'Betrayed' By East Germany's Secret Police

OLYMPIANS

Katarina Witt was a figure-skating champion and the darling of the East German regime—but after the Wall fell, she learned a dark secret.

Katie Baker
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