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The novel's popularity has resulted in the term " Room 101 " being used to represent a place where unpleasant things are done.

According to Anna Funder's book Stasiland, Erich Mielke, the last Minister of State Security ( Stasi ) of the former GDR, had the floors of the Stasi headquarters renumbered so that his second floor office would be number 101.