Opinion
The Stasi Left
While the Nazis and their counterparts attacked a wide range of artists as “degenerate,” the Stasi worked with and supported entertainers and writers.
But the files were saved by East German citizens who stormed Stasi offices in the city of Erfurt. Earlier this year, researchers at the Stasi Records Agency released an analysis of the former ...
Meanwhile at home in East Germany ... which is located in the building where the Stasi had their offices. In English and German.
Vladimir Putin worked in the KGB in East Germany from 1985-90. During this time, he had many interactions with East German officials from the secret police, called the Stasi. While the KGB documents ...
It's a significant fall from grace for BFC Dynamo, ten-time Oberliga champions, three-time East German cup winners and pride of Erich Mielke, the head of the secret police, or Stasi. And yet ...
It has been over a decade since Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck wrote and directed Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), a not altogether historically accurate yet nonetheless interesting film ...