East German Stasi

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government organization intelligence agency secret police agency

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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Label Occurrences
Stasi 14
East German intelligence 2
East German Stasi canonical 1

Statements (85)

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

East German Stasi ⓘ
surface form: Ministry for State Security

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

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 East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legacy Stasi Records Law ⓘ
public access to secret police files in Germany ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1990 disbanded ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage de ⓘ
notableBuilding Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial ⓘ
surface form: 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 East German Stasi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: security apparatus of the GDR
politicalAlignment Socialist Unity Party of Germany ⓘ
precededBy Deutsche Verwaltung des Innern ⓘ
region eastern Germany ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
The Lives of Others ⓘ
surface form: feature film "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 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Eastern Bloc security forces → notableExample → East German Stasi ⓘ
East Germany → hadSecurityService → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
DSS → similarTo → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Lorraine Broughton in Atomic Blonde → enemy → East German Stasi ⓘ
subject surface form: Lorraine Broughton
this entity surface form: Stasi agents
SED → stateSecurityOrgan → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → similarTo → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
East German Stasi → alsoKnownAs → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ministry for State Security
East German Stasi → partOf → East German Stasi self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: security apparatus of the GDR
former Stasi remand prison Berlin-Hohenschönhausen → usedBy → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Annalise → associatedWithOrganizationInFiction → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German intelligence
Erich Mielke → partOf → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German government
Erich Mielke → affiliation → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Alec Leamas → opponent → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German intelligence
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (franchise) → depicts → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German intelligence services
MfS → shortName → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Normannenstraße complex → usedBy → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Normannenstraße complex → associatedWith → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: East German secret police
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → replaced → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Amt für Nationale Sicherheit → reorganizedFrom → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Council of Ministers of the GDR → oversaw → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Stasi Records Agency → archivesOf → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi
Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment → partOf → East German Stasi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Stasi