East German Stasi
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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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Stasi | 0 | 5 |
| Ministerium für Staatssicherheit | 0 | 1 |
| Ministry for State Security | 0 | 1 |
| Stasi agents | 0 | 1 |
| security apparatus of the GDR | 0 | 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 NERFINISHED → Markus Wolf → Wilhelm Zaisser NERFINISHED → |
| 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 NERFINISHED → Wilhelm Zaisser NERFINISHED → |
| 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 (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Stasi
this entity surface form:
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
this entity surface form:
Ministry for State Security
subject surface form:
Lorraine Broughton
this entity surface form:
Stasi agents
this entity surface form:
Stasi
this entity surface form:
security apparatus of the GDR
this entity surface form:
Stasi
this entity surface form:
Stasi