Burglars steal Soviet medals from Berlin’s Stasi Museum
Communist-era medals and jewellery of historical interest rather than significant monetary value have been stolen from Berlin’s Stasi Museum (pictured)…
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New Berlin media boss was Stasi informer
Germany’s Berliner Zeitung is to investigate its new owner after he confirmed his role as an informant for the Stasi,…
Germany to move Stasi files to giant archive
Germany’s parliament has voted to transfer secret East German police files to the Federal Archives, despite concerns that they will…
Putin’s Stasi pass found in archives
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s old Stasi identity card has been discovered after 28 years in the Dresden archives of the…
Tech fail stop Stasi file study
Technology has failed to piece together millions of Stasi files shredded as Communist East Germany fell. The state-funded Stasi records…
Berlin housing chief sacked over Stasi past
The Stasi casts a long shadow over Berlin. These cloths carry suspects’ scent to enable dogs to track them. Source:…