The Stasi - East Germany's Secret Police

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The Stasi was the largest secret police that ever existed. This video will give an introduction, touching topics like: - When was the Stasi founded? - Who was the head of the Stasi? - Did The Stasi work together with the KGB? - How many people worked for the Stasi? - What kind of businesses was The Stasi involved in? - The Stasi files I will issue more videos on Stasi related subjects soon. When in Berlin, consider visiting the Stasi Museum: https://www.stasimuseum.de/en/enindex.htm. Books: • The History of the Stasi: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990– Jens Gieseke (https://amzn.to/3JHwMTT) • Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World - Kristie Macrakis (https://amzn.to/3JyJVyi) • Stasi: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police – John O. Koehler (https://amzn.to/3JzTPQs) • Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall – Anna Funder (https://amzn.to/3ZHjts3) [When using the links and ordering, I will receive a small commission. You don't have to use the links of course, but many thanks if you do!] Sources: • DVD: Stasi – Alltag einer Behörde • https://www.mdr.de/geschichte/ddr/alexander-schalck-golodkowski-devisen-kredite-ddr-100.html • https://www.jugendopposition.de/lexikon/sachbegriffe/148616/schild-und-schwert-der-partei • Monika Tantzscher: Hauptabteilung VI: Grenzkontrollen, Reise- und Touristenverkehr (MfS-Handbuch). Hg. BStU. Berlin 2005. • Angela Schmole: Hauptabteilung VIII. Beobachtung, Ermittlung, Durchsuchung, Festnahme (MfS-Handbuch). Hg. BStU. Berlin 2011. http://www.nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0292-97839421300977 • State Security – A reader on the GDR Secret Police • https://www.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.de/archiv/rekonstruktion/ • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi Pictures: • Erich Mielke: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1983-0325-037 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5342221 • Erich Mielke: Von Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R0522-177 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5368048 • Ernst Wollweber: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-08658-0006 / Rudolph / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5420453 • Wilhelm Zaisser: By Bundesarchiv, B 285 Bild-04246 / Unknown / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5338536 • DDR foundation: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-G1122-0600-130 / Autor/-in unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5433682 • KGB Headquarters Moscow - By RIA Novosti archive, image #143644 / Alexander Polyakov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17824131 • Wolfgang Welsch: By Herbaliser in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47391941 • Berlin Tegel Airport: By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=84355426 • Markus Wolf: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1989-1208-420 / Schöps, Elke / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5424913 • Map of the USSR and Europe: Kolja21, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons