Ministry for State Security

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The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, was East Germany’s secret police and intelligence agency, notorious for its extensive surveillance and repression of the population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
secret police agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Staatssicherheit ⓘ
State Security ⓘ
State Security Service ⓘ
archivesHeldBy Stasi Records Agency ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
cooperatedWith KGB ⓘ
other Eastern Bloc security services ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
dissolved 1990-10-03 ⓘ
employerOf full-time officers ⓘ
informal collaborators ⓘ
hasMainBuildingFunctionNow museum ⓘ
headquarters Berlin ⓘ
Normannenstraße complex, Berlin-Lichtenberg ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ
inception 1950-02-08 ⓘ
jurisdiction East Germany ⓘ
German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
legacy symbol of state surveillance and repression in East Germany ⓘ
nativeName Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
nativeShortName MfS ⓘ
notableFor extensive surveillance network ⓘ
files on large parts of the population ⓘ
monitoring of communications ⓘ
psychological harassment (Zersetzung) ⓘ
repression of political dissent ⓘ
use of informants ⓘ
opposedBy East German dissident movement ⓘ
civil rights activists in the GDR ⓘ
opposedTo NATO countries ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
partOf security apparatus of the GDR ⓘ
primaryLanguage German ⓘ
regionServed Eastern Bloc (intelligence operations) ⓘ
responsibleFor border security intelligence ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
domestic intelligence ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
surveillance of the population ⓘ
shortName Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
significantEvent opening of Stasi files after German reunification ⓘ
storming of Stasi headquarters in 1989 ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ

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East German border guards → cooperatedWith → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Berlin-Lichtenberg → wasCenterOf → Ministry for State Security (Stasi) administration ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
SED Politburo → controlledOrganization → Ministry for State Security (Stasi) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Deutschland 86 → mainCharacterAffiliation → East German foreign intelligence service ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Deutschland 89 → depicts → Ministry for State Security (Stasi) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → usedBy → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → operatedBy → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial → focusesOnOrganization → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Erich Mielke → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Erich Mielke → affiliation → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Peaceful Revolution → opponent → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Fiedler → affiliation → East German intelligence service ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Hans-Dieter Mundt → employer → East German intelligence service ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
MfS → longName → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
MfS → longNameInEnglish → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
MfS → role → political police of East Germany ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
MfS → department → Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
MfS → abbreviationOf → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Normannenstraße complex → usedBy → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Normannenstraße complex → operator → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → replaced → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Council of Ministers of the GDR → oversaw → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
West German intelligence services → focus → East German Ministry for State Security ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Ministry of the Interior of the GDR → cooperatedWith → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Stasi Records Agency → namedAfter → Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Stasi Records Agency → locatedInFormerFacilityOf → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Stasi Records Agency → archivesOf → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment → operatedBy → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
SC Dynamo Berlin → affiliation → Ministry for State Security (Stasi) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Markus Wolf → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Wilhelm Zaisser → employer → Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Ministry for State Security → nativeName → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Ministry for State Security → alsoKnownAs → Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Monday Demonstrations (1989) → opposedTo → Ministry for State Security (Stasi) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Stasi Museum → locatedInFormerBuildingOf → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Stasi Museum → dedicatedTo → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Ernst Wollweber → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Stasi prison → operatedBy → Ministry for State Security of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Gerd Wiesler → employer → Ministry for State Security of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Gerd Wiesler → affiliation → East German secret police ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Anton Grubitz → worksFor → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Christa-Maria Sieland → associatedWith → East German secret police ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Sicherheitsapparat der DDR → component → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Sicherheitsapparat der DDR → hasKeyInstitution → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Verwaltung Aufklärung des MfNV → differentFrom → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Verwaltung Aufklärung des MfNV → differentFrom → Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung des MfS ⓘ
linked to: Ministry for State Security
Günter Guillaume → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ