Das war die DDR, Teil 4. Wir sind das Volk . That Was The GDR. Shield and Sword
Duration: 00:45:00 The Ministry for State Security (MfS) was from its founding in 1950 the central instrument of domination, the "shield and sword of the Party" for defense against external and internal enemies. The Stasi, the political secret police, conducted surveillance and investigate...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | German |
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Germany
1993
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:9eb49017-34ac-478e-9a59-b0a2da066357 |
| Summary: | Duration: 00:45:00
The Ministry for State Security (MfS) was from its founding in 1950 the central instrument of domination, the "shield and sword of the Party" for defense against external and internal enemies. The Stasi, the political secret police, conducted surveillance and investigated punishable activity. A gigantic European surveillance apparatus ultimately appears – spies and informants with German thoroughness, millions of victims and mountains of files in the "Gauck Archive". |
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| Published: | 1993 |