"...you will note that he explained that in East Germany, under the "Communists, they had a purge of sorts and dealt with the former Nazi's early on" Big Mick, in response to Wolfgang saying that "West-Germany was the sucessor to Nazi Germany and the socialist Germany was by definition free from any guilt. But they had a short (and harsh) denazification campaign after the war."

I appreciate your effort, Mick, but imo it doesn't address my question. Presumably Communistic East Germany 'purged' Nazi officials and other obviously governmental types- but did they question or deal with the ordinary German, someone who went along to get along?