Ministry for State Security

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government ministry intelligence agency secret police agency

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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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Ministry for State Security of the GDR 7
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit 3
Ministry for State Security (Stasi) 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government ministry ⓘ
intelligence agency ⓘ
secret police agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Staatssicherheit NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Security NERFINISHED ⓘ
State Security Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
archivesHeldBy Stasi Records Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
cooperatedWith KGB NERFINISHED ⓘ
other Eastern Bloc security services ⓘ
country German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
dissolved 1990-10-03 ⓘ
employerOf full-time officers ⓘ
informal collaborators ⓘ
hasMainBuildingFunctionNow museum ⓘ
headquarters Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normannenstraße complex, Berlin-Lichtenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
state socialism ⓘ
inception 1950-02-08 ⓘ
jurisdiction East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy symbol of state surveillance and repression in East Germany ⓘ
nativeName Ministerium für Staatssicherheit NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeShortName MfS NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentOrganization Government of the German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf security apparatus of the GDR NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLanguage German ⓘ
regionServed Eastern Bloc (intelligence operations) NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor border security intelligence ⓘ
counterintelligence ⓘ
domestic intelligence ⓘ
foreign intelligence ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
surveillance of the population ⓘ
shortName Stasi NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent opening of Stasi files after German reunification ⓘ
storming of Stasi headquarters in 1989 ⓘ
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the GDR NERFINISHED ⓘ
Socialist Unity Party of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MfS → abbreviationOf → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
Erich Mielke → affiliation → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Fiedler → affiliation → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German intelligence service
SC Dynamo Berlin → affiliation → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
Stasi Records Agency → archivesOf → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
SED Politburo → controlledOrganization → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
East German border guards → cooperatedWith → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Ministry of the Interior of the GDR → cooperatedWith → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
MfS → department → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung
Deutschland 89 → depicts → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
Erich Mielke → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Hans-Dieter Mundt → employer → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German intelligence service
West German intelligence services → focus → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German Ministry for State Security
Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial → focusesOnOrganization → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
Stasi Records Agency → locatedInFormerFacilityOf → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
MfS → longName → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
MfS → longNameInEnglish → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Deutschland 86 → mainCharacterAffiliation → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German foreign intelligence service
Stasi Records Agency → namedAfter → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR
Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment → operatedBy → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → operatedBy → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
Normannenstraße complex → operator → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Peaceful Revolution → opponent → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Council of Ministers of the GDR → oversaw → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → replaced → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
MfS → role → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: political police of East Germany
Normannenstraße complex → usedBy → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → usedBy → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
Berlin-Lichtenberg → wasCenterOf → Ministry for State Security ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security (Stasi) administration