The world of Cold War spying is often depicted as a glamorous business, with clandestine meetings, ingenious gadgets and high drama. Die Stasi war der Geheimdienst der DDR und zuständig sowohl für das Inland (also die DDR) als auch für das Ausland. [98], The prison closed in the early 1990s. Im Mittelpunkt des DDR-Films, der auf tatsächlichen Ereignissen beruht, steht der regimetreue Soldat Harald Jäger, der die letzten Stunden vor dem Mauerfal… "Das Leben der Anderen" - erst ein Film, dann darüber eine Ausstellung: Die Stasi ist fast immer ein zentrales Motiv in Filmen über die DDR. In addition, offices of the Stasi Records Agency in Berlin, Dresden, Erfurt, Frankfurt-an-der-Oder and Halle (Saale) all have permanent and changing exhibitions relating to the activities of the Stasi in their region. As ubiquitous as this was, the ratios swelled when informers were factored in: counting part-time informers, the Stasi had one agent per 6.5 people. Zaisser tried to depose SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht after the June 1953 uprising,[13] but was instead removed by Ulbricht and replaced with Ernst Wollweber thereafter. Ein gewichtiger Eckpfeiler dieses Systems war das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS). Stasi officers reportedly had discussed re-branding East Germany as a democratic capitalist country to the West, which in actuality would have been taken over by Stasi officers. Between 1945 and 1989, more than 10,000 political prisoners were held in the prison. [105], Behind the scenes, the GRH also lobbies people and institutions promoting opposing viewpoints. The Stasi ordered a campaign in which cemeteries and other Jewish sites in West Germany were smeared with swastikas and other Nazi symbols. Certain functions of the AfNS reasonably related to law enforcement were handed over to the GDR Ministry of Internal Affairs. It bears mentioning because, before the film came out in 2006, the story of the Stasi was not well known outside of Germany. Preserving records. ... Bundespolitiker, die Kritik an der DDR übten, waren ein besonderes Ziel von DDR-Propaganda und Stasi. [18][19][20] In 1989, the Stasi employed 91,015 people full-time, including 2,000 fully employed unofficial collaborators, 13,073 soldiers and 2,232 officers of GDR army,[21] along with 173,081 unofficial informants inside GDR[22] and 1,553 informants in West Germany.[23]. [12] Wilhelm Zaisser was the first Minister of State Security of the GDR, and Erich Mielke was his deputy. The GRH, decrying the charges as "victor's justice", called for them to be dropped. FILE - Files of the former East German Stasi secret service are seen in Berlin, March 7, 2002. For Eyes Only, Spielfilm, DDR 1964. Gedenkstätte Roter Ochse Halle (Saale), Gedenkstätte Moritzplatz Magdeburg. Doch der Staat duldete sie, auch weil sie Teil des Spitzelsystems der Stasi war. Ein Film, der den Besuchern die Machenschaften der Stasi vor Augen führte, wird schon nicht mehr gezeigt. Mielke believed that the best informants were those whose jobs entailed frequent contact with the public. The motto of the Ministry for State Security was that it was the “Sword and Shield of the Party”, the defence of the ideals and the attack against its enemies. [26] The roles of informants ranged from those already in some way involved in state security (such as the police and the armed services) to those in the dissident movements (such as in the arts and the Protestant Church). Ch. After an uprising by workers in 1953 – campaigning for a state that was more like socialist which they had been sold by the authorities, with fairer wages and better conditions – was put down by the government and the Soviets, the need for a stronger secret police was clear to the DDR’s hierarchy. Christian Halbrock: Stasi-Stadt – Die MfS-Zentrale in Berlin-Lichtenberg – Ein historischer Rundgang. [79] The ruling also gave people the ability to make duplicates of their documents. It arrested 250,000 people as political prisoners during its existence. In teilweise sehr bedrückenden Aussagen berichten sie von ihren Erlebnissen, die sie als Andersdenkende in der DDR machen mus… This page was last edited on 18 December 2020, at 08:52. By the time that East Germany collapsed in 1989, the Stasi employed 91,015 employees and 173,081 informants. Many thought that they were losing their minds, and mental breakdowns and suicide could result. From 1950 to 1952 it was an execution site where 12 people sentenced to death were executed. [27] Information gathered about the latter groups was frequently used to divide or discredit members. By 1995, some 174,000 inoffizielle Mitarbeiter (IMs) Stasi informants had been identified, almost 2.5% of East Germany's population between the ages of 18 and 60. Reassembling the destroyed files has been relatively easy due to the number of archives and the failure of shredding machines (in some cases "shredding" meant tearing paper in two by hand and documents could be recovered easily). Die DDR im Blick der Stasi. By comparison, the Gestapo deployed one secret policeman per 2,000 people. On 8 December 1989, GDR Prime Minister Hans Modrow directed the dissolution of the AfNS, which was confirmed by a decision of the Ministerrat on 14 December 1989. Numerous Stasi officials were prosecuted for their crimes after 1990. His slow descent into obsession, the tedious scrutiny with which he follows the pair around and the inevitable meeting of Wiesler’s professional spying and personal fixations is beautifully played out, creating an essence of what the Stasi meant to the East German people. A journalist has from DDR is now the anchorman of one of the major television channels. [25], The Stasi had formal categorizations of each type of informant, and had official guidelines on how to extract information from, and control, those with whom they came into contact. "Symposium: From Russia With Death" (a partial transcript: Martin Sabrow: Das Diktat des Konsenses: Geschichtswissenschaft in der DDR 1949–1969. Die Aufgabe der Stasi war es, jegliches Verhalten zu unterbinden, das der Regierung gefährlich werden konnte. The building was the Stasi district offices and a remand prison from 1950 until 1969, after which the Volkspolizei used the prison. Sie kannten sich alle, Spielfilm, DDR 1958. Erstmals lernt Wiesler die Welt der Kunst und des freien Denkens kennen. Instead, there was the constricting arms of the Stasi, the secret police and intelligence agency combined into one that was at the heart of life in the communist sector. Film: Festveranstaltung zur Eröffnung der HV A-Schule in Gosen, ca. At the local level the Stasi had Area Precincts for State Security (Bezirksverwaltungen für Staatssicherheit - one each for the 227 cities and municipal districts and the 11 city boroughs (Stadtbezirken) of East Berlin). The building contained vast records of personal files, many of which would form important evidence in convicting those who had committed crimes for the Stasi. Maßgebend für diesen Strategie-Pakt war niemand anderer als Stasi-Chef und spezieller Sportfan Erich Mielke. A high-ranking official was in charge of a particular mission of the Ministry and headed a division in the Central Apparatus (Zentrale). Als Geheimdienst (auch Nachrichtendienst genannt) sammelte sie Informationen zur Lage in der DDR, insbesondere zur Sicherheitspolitik. The Stasi held this status until November 1955, when it was restored to a ministry. The building was opened to the public from 20 January 1990 and people were taken on tours of the site. Die geheimen Berichte an die SED-Führung. Spur in die Nacht, Spielfilm, DDR 1957. They were tasked with maintaining political support for the East German regime and for identifying perceived enemies of the state. In the Shadow of a Doubt is a documentary film about what happens when people try to find a crime for the accused instead of looking for the accused for a crime. Over 6,000 people were held in the prison by the Stasi during that time. When the Stasi were founded in 1950, it wasn’t seen as controversial. For its other common meaning, see, Seal of the Ministry of State Security of the GDR, Tracking down former Stasi informers with the files. In 1992, following a declassification ruling by the German government, the Stasi files were opened, leading people to look for their files. Der DDR-Geheimdienst mischte in vielen Staaten Asiens, Afrikas und Lateinamerikas mit. (picture alliance / dpa / Oliver Berg) It calls for the closure of the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial and can be a vocal presence at memorial services and public events. Zusammen besuchen sie wichtige historische Orte wie das MfS-Untersuchungsgefängnis in Potsdam oder den Dienstsitz von Erich Mielke, der über 30 Jahre Minister für Staatssicherheit in der DDR war. Gedenk- und Dokumentationsstätte „Opfer politischer Gewaltherrschaft“. The Stasi was founded on 8 February 1950. [18] 10,000 IMs were under 18 years of age. Für Siegfried Rataizick, der nach der Friedlichen Revolution vor 30 Jahren als Gefängnischef entlassen wurde, war es ein später Triumph, dass es seinem verhassten Widersacher am Ende genauso erging wie ihm. Their secrecy was their strength, so let us talk you through a few of the methods in which they exerted their control over life in East Germany. The East Germans knew, of course, that they were surrounded by informers, in a totalitarian regime that created mistrust and a state of widespread fear, the most important tools to oppress people in any dictatorship. Many of these hunters succeeded in catching ex-Stasi; however, charges could not be made for merely being a member. Neo-Nazism: a threat to Europe? Vor 30 Jahren endete die Geschichte der Stasi. Um herauszufinden, ob sie bei der Stasi waren oder nicht, und sie gegebenenfalls zu rehabilitieren. "KGB ordered Swiss explosion to distract attention from Chernobyl." It is a government agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.It was established when the Stasi Records Act came into force on 29 December 1991. Als Geheimdienst (auch Nachrichtendienst genannt) sammelte sie Informationen zur Lage in der DDR, insbesondere zur Sicherheitspolitik. Indeed, the Stasi was seen as a localized extension of the KGB, the Soviet Security Service that had arrived when the Russians had liberated Berlin from the Nazis in 1945. Would it not be easier. Each government that had ruled Germany – and indeed, most other countries too – attempted to control the political actions of the populus and to limit perceived threats to the stability of the nation. Regular commissioned Stasi officers were recruited from conscripts who had been honourably discharged from their 18 months' compulsory military service, had been members of the SED, had had a high level of participation in the Party's youth wing's activities and had been Stasi informers during their service in the Military. Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Group)—A terrorist organization which killed dozens of West Germans and others, which received financial and logistical support from the Stasi, as well as shelter and new identities. University graduates who had completed their military service did not need to take these tests and exams. Divertente, ironico, al tempo stesso malinconico e sottile nei contenuti, il lungometraggio, che vede protagonista un giovane Daniel Brühl, è un concentrato di quel sentimento figlio della nostalgia per gli anni della DDR. It has been described as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies ever to have existed. Links Verlag, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86153-520-1. Sie versuchte also, jegliche Gegnerschaft ausfindig zu machen und zu verhindern. Movies such as Bridge of Spies, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Funeral in Berlin depict the hijinx of agents crossing the Berlin Wall, but the definitive cinematic portrayal of the East German era is The Lives of Others, a low key, intense story of a Stasi agent Gerd Wiesler’s increasing infatuation with a bohemian couple. Zusammen besuchen sie wichtige historische Orte wie das MfS-Untersuchungsgefängnis in Potsdam oder den Dienstsitz von Erich Mielke, der über 30 Jahre Minister für Staatssicherheit in der DDR war. Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-525-37502-0. [72] On 12 March 1990, Der Spiegel reported that the Stasi was indeed attempting to implement 0008-6/86. The Stasi then used it as a remand prison, mainly for political prisoners from 1952 until 1989. Wir besitzen NICHT das Videomaterial und alle Videos gehören respektvollen Besitzern. There were also some who believed that everyone was guilty of something. The fall of the Berlin Wall, and a kid has to make his beloved mother don't know about it. Stasi, Geheimdienste, Volk, bespitzeln, Informationen, Osten, DDR, Geschichte Vier Jahrzehnte lang bespitzelt die Stasi das eigene Volk und stiehlt Informationen aus dem Westen. Im Film wird ihm nach und nach klar, wie viel Schuld er auf sich geladen hat. History, The Bautzner Straße Memorial in Dresden website, Frankfurt (Oder) baut sein altes Gefängnis zum Kulturzentrum um / Gedenkstättenbeirat entsetzt Der einstige Hinrichtungsraum wird ein Café, Museum Viadrina. Minister für Staatssicherheit war zunächst Wilhelm Zaisser (1950 bis 1953), gefolgt von Ernst Wollweber (1953 bis 1957). Der DDR-Geheimdienst mischte in vielen Staaten Asiens, Afrikas und Lateinamerikas mit. We might balk at the idea of a state secret police at all, they had been a feature of every regime that had ruled Germany previously, from the Kaiser’s. [33] About one out of every 63 East Germans collaborated with the Stasi. Für Siegfried Rataizick, der nach der Friedlichen Revolution vor 30 Jahren als Gefängnischef entlassen wurde, war es ein später Triumph, dass es seinem verhassten Widersacher am Ende genauso erging wie ihm. Shortly before the transformation of the Stasi into the Office of National Security the Ministry had the following structure: Divisions directly subordinated to the Minister Army general Erich Mielke (Dem Minister für Staatssicherheit direkt unterstellte Diensteinheiten), Divisions directly subordinated to the Deputy Minister Colonel General Werner Großmann (Dem Stellvertreter GO Großmann unterstellte Diensteinheiten) (his predecessor was the legendary Colonel general Markus Wolf), Divisions directly subordinated to the Deputy Minister Colonel general Rudi Mittig (Dem Stellvertreter GO Mittig unterstellte Diensteinheiten), Divisions directly subordinated to the Deputy Minister Lieutenant general Gerhard Neiber (Dem Stellvertreter GL Neiber unterstellte Diensteinheiten), Divisions directly subordinated to the Deputy Minister Lieutenant general Wolfgang Schwanitz (Dem Stellvertreter GL Schwanitz unterstellte Diensteinheiten) (Schwanitz was appointed as the chief of the Stasi successor agency - the Office for National Security), Between 1950 and 1989, the Stasi employed a total of 274,000 people in an effort to root out the class enemy. The Ministry for State Security was organized according to the Line principle. He wanted to know in advance what people were thinking and planning. [3][4][5][6][7][8] The Stasi was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. [29], The Stasi's ranks swelled considerably after Eastern Bloc countries signed the 1975 Helsinki accords, which GDR leader Erich Honecker viewed as a grave threat to his regime because they contained language binding signatories to respect "human and basic rights, including freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and conviction". 27 November 2000. [16] Collaboration was so close that the KGB invited the Stasi to establish operational bases in Moscow and Leningrad to monitor visiting East German tourists and Mielke referred to the Stasi officers as "Chekists of the Soviet Union". Die DDR wurde 40 Jahre lang von der Sozialistischen Einheitspartei Deutschlands (SED) regiert ohne jemals durch freie, demokratische Wahlen legitimiert zu sein. [101], Former Stasi agent Matthias Warnig (codename "Arthur") is currently the head of Nord Stream. 14.11.2020 02:15 Uhr Feind ist, wer anders denkt - Geheimnisse der Stasi (3/3) Gegen die Genossen | phoenix Honecker was charged with authorizing the killing of would-be escapees on the east–west frontier and the Berlin Wall. Die Entmachtung des MfS begann sechs Wochen vorher in den DDR-Bezirken. The goal was to destroy secretly the self-confidence of people, for example by damaging their reputation, by organizing failures in their work, and by destroying their personal relationships. Im Film "Ein Volk unter Verdacht" spricht die junge Reporterin Malin Büttner mit dem BStU-Historiker Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk über grundlegende Fragen zum Ministerium für Staatssicherheit. Hecht * 22.02.1938 Stellv. Funds were channelled to a small West German group for it to defend, The Stasi channelled large amounts of money to. Stasi im Film. [81] See also Rosenholz files. Il film che ha forse riscosso più successo, però, è quello del 2003 di Wolfgang Becker, “Goodbye Lenin”. The actions of the CIA, MI6 and the KGB – or earlier of the Gestapo and the NKVD – are far more suited to the silver screen and the internal politics of East Germany is hardly the sexiest of subjects. A really good movie that shows the true face and the realities of Socialism in Germany, it was much better than its now.. Central Group for Computing and Information (, Central Executive Group for Protection of Classified Information (, Armament and Chemical [Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defence] Service (, Operational Technical [Equipment] Sector (, District Department for State Security Berlin (, District Department for State Security Cottbus (, 13 rural precincts: KD Calau, KD Finsterwalde, KD Forst, KD Guben, KD Herzberg, KD Hoyerswerda, KD Jessen, KD Bad Liebenwerda, KD Luckau, KD Lübben, KD Senftenberg, KD Spremberg, KD Weißwasser, District Department for State Security Dresden (, 2 city precincts: KD Dresden-Stadt, KD Görlitz, 14 rural precincts: KD Dresden-Land, KD Bautzen, KD Bischofswerda, KD Dippoldiswalde, KD Freital, KD Großenhain, KD Kamenz, KD Löbau, KD Meißen, KD Niesky, KD Pirna, KD Riesa, KD Sebnitz, KD Zittau, Location Precinct Technical University and Other Institutions of Higher Education (, District Department for State Security Erfurt (, 11 rural precincts: KD Apolda, KD Arnstadt, KD Eisenach, KD Gotha, KD Heiligenstadt, KD Langensalza, KD Mühlhausen, KD Nordhausen, KD Sömmerda, KD Sondershausen, KD Worbis, District Department for State Security Frankfurt (Oder) (, 3 city precincts: KD Frankfurt (Oder), KD Eisenhüttenstadt,  KD Schwedt, 8 rural precincts: KD Angermünde, KD Beeskow, KD Bernau, KD Eberswalde, KD Bad Freienwalde, KD Fürstenwalde, KD Seelow, KD Strausberg, District Department for State Security Gera (, 9 rural precincts: KD Eisenberg, KD Greiz, KD Lobenstein, KD Pößneck, KD Rudolstadt, KD Saalfeld, KD Schleiz, KD Stadtroda, KD Zeulenroda, District Department for State Security Halle (Saale) (, 3 city precincts: KD Halle,  KD Halle-Neustadt, KD Dessau, 20 rural precincts: KD Artern, KD Aschersleben, KD Bernburg, KD Bitterfeld, KD Eisleben, KD Gräfenhainichen, KD Hettstedt, KD Hohenmölsen, KD Köthen, KD Merseburg, KD Naumburg, KD Nebra, KD Quedlinburg, KD Querfurt, KD Roßlau, KD Saalkreis, KD Sangerhausen, KD Weißenfels, KD Wittenberg, KD Zeitz, District Department for State Security Karl-Marx-Stadt (, 3 city precincts: KD Karl-Marx-Stadt/Stadt, KD Plauen, KD Zwickau, 19 rural precincts: KD Annaberg, KD Aue, KD Auerbach, KD Brand-Erbisdorf, KD Flöha, KD Freiberg, KD Glauchau, KD Hainichen, KD Hohenstein-Ernstthal, KD Karl-Marx-Stadt/Land, KD Klingenthal, KD Marienberg, KD Oelsnitz, KD Reichenbach, KD Rochlitz, KD Schwarzenberg, KD Stollberg, KD Werdau, KD Zschopau, District Department for State Security Leipzig (, 12 rural precincts: KD Leipzig-Land, KD Altenburg, KD Borna, KD Delitzsch, KD Döbeln, KD Eilenburg, KD Geithain, KD Grimma, KD Oschatz, KD Schmölln, KD Torgau, KD Wurzen, District Department for State Security Magdeburg (, 19 rural precincts: KD Burg, KD Gardelegen, KD Genthin, KD Halberstadt, KD Haldensleben, KD Havelberg, KD Kalbe Milde, KD Klötze, KD Oschersleben, KD Osterburg, KD Salzwedel, KD Schönebeck, KD Staßfurt, KD Stendal, KD Tangerhütte, KD Wanzleben, KD Wernigerode, KD Wolmirstedt, KD Zerbst, District Department for State Security Neubrandenburg (, 13 rural precincts: KD Altentreptow, KD Anklam, KD Demmin, KD Malchin, KD Neustrelitz KD Pasewalk, KD Prenzlau, KD Röbel, KD Strasburg, KD Templin, KD Teterow, KD Ueckermünde, KD Waren, District Department for State Security Potsdam (, 2 city precincts: KD Potsdam, KD Brandenburg, 13 rural precincts: KD Belzig, KD Gransee, KD Jüterbog, KD Königs Wusterhausen, KD Kyritz, KD Luckenwalde, KD Nauen, KD Neuruppin, KD Oranienburg, KD Pritzwalk, KD Rathenow, KD Wittstock, KD Zossen, District Department for State Security Rostock (, 4 city precincts: KD Rostock KD Greifswald, KD Stralsund, KD Wismar, 6 rural precincts: KD Bad Doberan, KD Grevesmühlen, KD Grimmen, KD Ribnitz-Damgarten, KD Rügen, KD Wolgast, District Department for State Security Schwerin (, 9 rural precincts: KD Bützow, KD Gadebusch, KD Güstrow, KD Hagenow, KD Lübz, KD Ludwigslust, KD Parchim, KD Perleberg, KD Sternberg, District Department for State Security Suhl (, 7 rural precincts: KD Bad Salzungen, KD Hildburghausen, KD Ilmenau, KD Meiningen, KD Neuhaus, KD Schmalkalden, KD Sonneberg, Stasi officers helped in initial training and indoctrination of Egyptian State Security organizations under the, The Stasi's experts worked with building secret police systems in the, The Stasi organized and extensively trained. The museum and memorial site was opened to the public in 1994. Because he was nearing death, Honecker was allowed to spend his final time in freedom. This often included psychological attacks, such as breaking into homes and subtly manipulating the contents, in a form of gaslighting – moving furniture, altering the timing of an alarm, removing pictures from walls or replacing one variety of tea with another. The management of the "Runde Ecke" Museum opens the site once a year on "Museum night" and on special state-wide days when historic buildings and sites that are not normally accessible to the public are opened. United Press International. The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS (German: [ɛmɛfˈʔɛs] (listen)) or State Security Service (Staatssicherheitsdienst, SSD), commonly known as the Stasi (German: [ˈʃtaːziː] (listen)),[n 1] was the official state security service of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). Obwohl die meisten Akten 1990 vernichtet wurden, lässt sich der Umfang der internationalen Arbeit schätzen. In the mid-1980s, a network of IMs began growing in both German states. He died in Chile in May 1994. When these activities became known, a protest began in front of the Stasi headquarters,[76] The evening of 15 January 1990 saw a large crowd form outside the gates calling for a stop to the destruction of sensitive files. [93], Gedenkstätte Moritzplatz Magdeburg [de] - The memorial site at Moritzplatz in Magdeburg is a museum on the site of a former prison, built from 1873 to 1876, that was used by the Soviet administration from 1945 to 1949 and the Stasi from 1958 until 1989 to hold political prisoners. It was used as a prison by the Soviet occupying forces from 1945 to 1953, and from 1953 to 1989 by the Stasi. Die Prostitution war in der DDR verboten. Among the protesters were former Stasi collaborators seeking to destroy incriminating documents. Barbara (2012) Instruktøren Christian Petzold har med ‘Barbara’ lavet endnu en film … In 1957, Markus Wolf became head of the Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung (HVA) (Main Reconnaissance Administration), the foreign intelligence section of the Stasi. Alle waren bereits mit jungen Jahren ins Visier der Stasi geraten. After German reunification, the surveillance files that the Stasi had maintained on millions of East Germans were opened, so that all citizens could inspect their personal file on request. He didn't want to wait until somebody tried to act against the regime. A significant proportion of those informing were members of the SED. [88], Remembrance and Documentation Centre for "Victims of political tyranny" [de] - A memorial and museum at Collegienstraße 10 in Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, in a building that was used as a detention centre by the Gestapo, the Soviet occupying forces and the Stasi. Since 1996, the building which was used as an interrogation centre by the Stasi and an execution site by the Nazis has been a museum and memorial centre for victims of political persecution. Im Mittelpunkt des DDR-Films, der auf tatsächlichen Ereignissen beruht, steht der regimetreue Soldat Harald Jäger, der die letzten Stunden vor dem Mauerfal… On 5 December 1989, the Stasi Headquarters in Potsdam and the Lindenstrasse Prison were occupied by protesters. Indeed, the Stasi was seen as a localized extension of the KGB, the Soviet Security Service that had arrived when the Russians had liberated Berlin from the Nazis in 1945. Some also believed that politicians involved with the Stasi should be investigated. Die Stasi war der Geheimdienst der DDR und zuständig sowohl für das Inland (also die DDR) als auch für das Ausland. It bears mentioning because, before the film came out in 2006, the story of the Stasi was not well known outside of Germany. Full-time officers were posted to all major industrial plants (the extensiveness of any surveillance largely depended on how valuable a product was to the economy)[19] and one tenant in every apartment building was designated as a watchdog reporting to an area representative of the Volkspolizei (Vopo). Use of some form of blackmail was not uncommon. [71] Pacepa has noted that what happened in Russia and how KGB Colonel Vladimir Putin took over Russia resembles these plans. Investigations have revealed that some of the key Gazprom Germania managers are former Stasi agents.[103][104]. Schools, universities, and hospitals were extensively infiltrated,[24] as were organizations, such as computer clubs where teenagers exchanged Western video games. 14. Divertente, ironico, al tempo stesso malinconico e sottile nei contenuti, il lungometraggio, che vede protagonista un giovane Daniel Brühl, è un concentrato di quel sentimento figlio della nostalgia per gli anni della DDR. [91][92], The Roter Ochse [de] (Red Ox) is a museum and memorial site at the prison at Am Kirchtor 20, Halle (Saale). In teilweise sehr bedrückenden Aussagen berichten sie von ihren Erlebnissen, die sie als Andersdenkende in der DDR machen mus… This comparison led Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal to call the Stasi even more oppressive than the Gestapo. Ulbricht, claiming that the social unrest was fomented by capitalist agents, once ordered Mielke to personally visit one large plant and 'arrest four or five such agents' as an example to the others. The most influential case was that of Günter Guillaume, which led to the downfall of West German Chancellor Willy Brandt in May 1974. Die Staatssicherheit, kurz Stasi, sorgte in der DDR für Angst und Schrecken. Februar 1950 wurde das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, die Stasi, gegründet. Those who opposed opening the files cited privacy as a reason. [citation needed] They felt that the information in the files would lead to negative feelings about former Stasi members, and, in turn, cause violence. The new government of the DDR – a mere puppet of the Kremlin – relied more and more on the Stasi to quell discontent among factory workers and farmers. 18 of the 72 players (every fourth player) who played at least once for football team, Robin Pearson (Lecturer at the University of Hull), Bernd Runge, CEO of Phillips de Pury auction house. Prime Minister Lothar de Maizière even went so far as to predict murder. The investigations concluded that "Schlaff's empire of companies played a crucial role" in the Stasi attempts to secure the financial future of Stasi agents and keep the intelligence network alive. Doch die Stasi nutzte den Dienst am Westmanne auch als Teil seines Spitzelsystems. There a number of memorial sites and museums relating to the Stasi in former Stasi prisons and administration buildings. It was realised that psychological harassment was far less likely to be recognised for what it was, so its victims, and their supporters, were less likely to be provoked into active resistance, given that they would often not be aware of the source of their problems, or even its exact nature. Prostitution galt in der DDR als Krankheit des Kapitalismus, seit 1968 war sie verboten. Under its long-time head Markus Wolf, this directorate gained a reputation as one of the most effective intelligence agencies of the Cold War. Among the high-profile individuals who were arrested and tried were Erich Mielke, Third Minister of State Security of the GDR, and Erich Honecker, head of state for the GDR.