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: [ Ссылка ].

Books:
• The History of the Stasi: East Germany's Secret Police, 1945-1990– Jens Gieseke ([ Ссылка ])
• Seduced by Secrets: Inside the Stasi's Spy-Tech World - Kristie Macrakis ([ Ссылка ])
• Stasi: The Untold Story of the East German Secret Police – John O. Koehler ([ Ссылка ])
• Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall – Anna Funder ([ Ссылка ])

[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
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• 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. [ Ссылка ]
• State Security – A reader on the GDR Secret Police
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Pictures:
• Erich Mielke: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1983-0325-037 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• Erich Mielke: Von Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R0522-177 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• Ernst Wollweber: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-08658-0006 / Rudolph / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• Wilhelm Zaisser: By Bundesarchiv, B 285 Bild-04246 / Unknown / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• DDR foundation: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-G1122-0600-130 / Autor/-in unbekannt / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• KGB Headquarters Moscow - By RIA Novosti archive, image #143644 / Alexander Polyakov / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
• Wolfgang Welsch: By Herbaliser in der Wikipedia auf Deutsch, CC BY-SA 3.0, [ Ссылка ]
• Berlin Tegel Airport: By Arne Müseler / www.arne-mueseler.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• Markus Wolf: By Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-1989-1208-420 / Schöps, Elke / CC-BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, [ Ссылка ]
• Map of the USSR and Europe: Kolja21, CC BY 3.0 [ Ссылка ], via Wikimedia Commons

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