Stasi Records Agency

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The Stasi Records Agency is the German federal authority responsible for preserving, managing, and providing public access to the files of the former East German secret police.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archives ⓘ
federal agency of Germany ⓘ
accessRegulatedBy Stasi Records Act ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
allowsAccessFor individuals wishing to see their personal Stasi files ⓘ
journalists ⓘ
public institutions ⓘ
researchers ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Federal Republic of Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germany
archivesOf Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
archivesPeriod Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
archivesType audio-visual materials ⓘ
index cards and registries ⓘ
informant reports ⓘ
personnel files ⓘ
photographic materials ⓘ
secret police files ⓘ
shredded and reassembled documents ⓘ
state security records ⓘ
surveillance records ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
dissolutionDate 2021 ⓘ
dissolvedOrMergedInto Federal Archives of Germany ⓘ
fieldOfWork archival science ⓘ
contemporary history of Germany ⓘ
transitional justice ⓘ
hasMainOfficeInBuilding Normannenstraße complex ⓘ
hasResponsibility education about the GDR dictatorship ⓘ
management of Stasi records ⓘ
preservation of Stasi records ⓘ
providing public access to Stasi files ⓘ
research facilitation on GDR state security ⓘ
support for victims of political persecution in the GDR ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
inception 1991 ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legalBasis Stasi Records Act ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law

Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Law
locatedInFormerFacilityOf Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
mainPurpose coming to terms with the GDR dictatorship ⓘ
protection of personal data in Stasi files ⓘ
transparency about the activities of the Stasi ⓘ
namedAfter Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR ⓘ
nativeLabel Bundesbeauftragter für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik ⓘ
reorganizedAs Stasi Records Archive within the Federal Archives ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
shortName BStU ⓘ
supervisingAuthority Federal Government of Germany ⓘ
German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

East German Stasi → archivesLocation → Stasi Records Agency ⓘ
MfS → succeededBy → Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Agency
Stasi Records Agency → shortName → BStU ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Agency
Stasi Records Agency → reorganizedAs → Stasi Records Archive within the Federal Archives ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Agency
Ministry for State Security → archivesHeldBy → Stasi Records Agency ⓘ
German federal institutions → includeInstitution → Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records ⓘ
linked to: Stasi Records Agency