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  1. Stasi - Wikipedia

    Former high-ranking officers and employees of the Stasi, including the last Stasi director, Wolfgang Schwanitz, make up the majority of the organization's members, and it receives …

  2. Stasi | Meaning, Facts, Methods, & Files | Britannica

    Stasi, secret police agency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). It sought to infiltrate every institution of society and every aspect of daily life, including even intimate …

  3. The Stasi: The Most Terrifying Secret Police in History?

    Aug 13, 2021 · The Stasi were one of the most successful intelligence services in history: they kept almost unimaginably detailed files and records on large quantities of the population, and …

  4. The Stasi: Inside the Twisted World of East Germany‘s Secret ...

    May 25, 2024 · Stasi agents were dispatched to other socialist countries to help train and advise their security services, sharing expertise in surveillance, interrogation, and psychological warfare.

  5. East German Stasi Surveillance State – History of Communism

    Dec 1, 2024 · The Stasi played a central role in suppressing political dissent and maintaining the SED’s (Socialist Unity Party of Germany) grip on power. They arrested, interrogated, and …

  6. Introduction - Stasi Records Archive

    One cornerstone of this system was the Ministry for State Security (MfS), or " Stasi ", which was founded in 1950. The MfS was set up under the direct guidance of the Soviet secret police.

  7. Regimes Museum - Stasi Online Exhibition

    The Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security/MfS), or Stasi, as it was most commonly referred to, was the secret police of the former German Democratic Republic.