East German Stasi

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The East German Stasi was the secret police and intelligence agency of the German Democratic Republic, notorious for its extensive surveillance, informant networks, and repression of political dissent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government organization ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
secret police agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi

Ministry for State Security ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi

Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
archivesLocation Berlin ⓘ
Stasi Records Agency ⓘ
archivesStatus partially opened to the public ⓘ
collaboratedWith KGB ⓘ
other Eastern Bloc security services ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
dateDissolved 1990-03-31 ⓘ
dateFounded 1950-02-08 ⓘ
dissolutionCause Peaceful Revolution in East Germany ⓘ
linked to: Peaceful Revolution

collapse of the GDR ⓘ
employer Erich Mielke ⓘ
Ernst Wollweber ⓘ
Markus Wolf ⓘ
Wilhelm Zaisser ⓘ
estimatedEmployees tens of thousands ⓘ
estimatedInformants hundreds of thousands ⓘ
followedBy Amt für Nationale Sicherheit ⓘ
governedBy laws of the German Democratic Republic ⓘ
headquartersBuilding Normannenstraße complex ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
East Berlin ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction German Democratic Republic ⓘ
linked to: East Germany
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legacy Stasi Records Law ⓘ
public access to secret police files in Germany ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1990 disbanded ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage de ⓘ
notableBuilding Stasi Museum Berlin ⓘ
notableDirector Erich Mielke ⓘ
Ernst Wollweber ⓘ
Wilhelm Zaisser ⓘ
notableFor extensive surveillance of population ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
large network of unofficial collaborators ⓘ
maintaining files on millions of citizens ⓘ
repression of political dissent ⓘ
notableOfficial Markus Wolf ⓘ
notableOperation espionage against NATO ⓘ
espionage against West Germany ⓘ
operatedIn Eastern Bloc ⓘ
opposedBy Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz ⓘ
Bundesnachrichtendienst ⓘ
West German intelligence services ⓘ
opposedIdeology anti-communism ⓘ
liberal democracy ⓘ
parentOrganization Council of Ministers of the GDR ⓘ
Ministry of the Interior of the GDR ⓘ
partOf security apparatus of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
politicalAlignment Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
precededBy Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern ⓘ
region Eastern Germany ⓘ
linked to: eastern Germany
responsibleFor border security support ⓘ
censorship enforcement ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
domestic surveillance ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
monitoring dissidents ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
surveillance of churches ⓘ
surveillance of cultural institutions ⓘ
shortName MfS ⓘ
significantEvent storming of Stasi headquarters in 1989 ⓘ
subjectOf Stasi Records Agency investigations ⓘ
documentary films ⓘ
feature film "The Lives of Others" ⓘ
linked to: The Lives of Others

numerous historical studies ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ
usedMethod Zersetzung ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ
bugging devices ⓘ
covert searches ⓘ
infiltration of organizations ⓘ
informant networks ⓘ
mail interception ⓘ
psychological harassment ⓘ
surveillance photography ⓘ
telephone tapping ⓘ

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Referenced by (41)

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Eastern Bloc security forces → notableExample → East German Stasi ⓘ
East Germany → hadSecurityService → Stasi ⓘ
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DSS → similarTo → Stasi ⓘ
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Lorraine Broughton → enemy → Stasi agents ⓘ
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SED → stateSecurityOrgan → Stasi ⓘ
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Służba Bezpieczeństwa → similarTo → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → Ministerium für Staatssicherheit ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
East German Stasi → partOf → security apparatus of the GDR ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → usedBy → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
Annalise → associatedWithOrganizationInFiction → East German intelligence ⓘ
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Erich Mielke → partOf → East German government ⓘ
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Erich Mielke → affiliation → Stasi ⓘ
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Alec Leamas → opponent → East German intelligence ⓘ
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise) → depicts → East German intelligence services ⓘ
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MfS → shortName → Stasi ⓘ
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Normannenstraße complex → usedBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Normannenstraße complex → associatedWith → East German secret police ⓘ
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Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → replaced → Stasi ⓘ
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Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → reorganizedFrom → Stasi ⓘ
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Council of Ministers of the GDR → oversaw → Stasi ⓘ
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Stasi Records Agency → archivesOf → Stasi ⓘ
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Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment → partOf → Stasi ⓘ
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Markus Wolf → employer → Stasi ⓘ
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Wilhelm Zaisser → affiliation → Stasi ⓘ
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Ministry for State Security → shortName → Stasi ⓘ
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Volkspolizei → cooperatedWith → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi
Initiative for Peace and Human Rights → monitoredBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Monday demonstrations in Leipzig → opposedBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Stasi Museum → locatedInFormerHeadquartersOf → Stasi ⓘ
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Stasi Museum → dedicatedTo → Stasi ⓘ
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Martin Rauch → affiliation → East German intelligence ⓘ
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Stasi prison → operatedBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Gerd Wiesler → employer → Stasi ⓘ
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Georg Dreyman → monitoredBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Anton Grubitz → affiliation → Stasi ⓘ
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Christa-Maria Sieland → coercedBy → Stasi ⓘ
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Guillaume affair → hasParticipant → Stasi ⓘ
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Günter Guillaume → affiliation → East German intelligence ⓘ
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Günter Guillaume → intelligenceAgency → Stasi ⓘ
linked to: East German Stasi