Stasi Records Agency

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The Stasi Records Agency is the German federal authority responsible for preserving, managing, and providing public access to the files of the former East German secret police.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archives
federal agency of Germany
accessRegulatedBy Stasi Records Law
surface form: Stasi Records Act
allowsAccessFor individuals wishing to see their personal Stasi files
journalists
public institutions
researchers
appliesToJurisdiction Germany
surface form: Federal Republic of Germany
archivesOf Ministry for State Security
surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR

East German Stasi
surface form: Stasi
archivesPeriod Cold War
surface form: Cold War era

East Germany
surface form: German Democratic Republic
archivesType audio-visual materials
index cards and registries
informant reports
personnel files
photographic materials
secret police files
shredded and reassembled documents
state security records
surveillance records
country Germany
dissolutionDate 2021
dissolvedOrMergedInto German Federal Archives
surface form: Federal Archives of Germany
fieldOfWork archival science
contemporary history of Germany
transitional justice
hasMainOfficeInBuilding Normannenstraße complex
hasResponsibility education about the GDR dictatorship
management of Stasi records
preservation of Stasi records
providing public access to Stasi files
research facilitation on GDR state security
support for victims of political persecution in the GDR
headquartersLocation Berlin
Germany
inception 1991
languageOfWork German
legalBasis Stasi Records Law
surface form: Stasi Records Act

Stasi Records Law
surface form: Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz
locatedInFormerFacilityOf Ministry for State Security
surface form: Ministry for State Security of the GDR
mainPurpose coming to terms with the GDR dictatorship
protection of personal data in Stasi files
transparency about the activities of the Stasi
namedAfter Ministry for State Security
surface form: Staatssicherheitsdienst der DDR
nativeLabel Bundesbeauftragter für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik
reorganizedAs Stasi Records Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: Stasi Records Archive within the Federal Archives
sector public administration
shortName Stasi Records Agency self-linksurface differs
surface form: BStU
supervisingAuthority Federal Government of Germany
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
surface form: German Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media

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

East German Stasi archivesLocation Stasi Records Agency
MfS succeededBy Stasi Records Agency
this entity surface form: Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Records
Stasi Records Agency shortName Stasi Records Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: BStU
Stasi Records Agency reorganizedAs Stasi Records Agency self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Stasi Records Archive within the Federal Archives