East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_Ministry_for_State_Security_(Stasi)

GPTKB entity

Statements (76)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:government_agency intelligence officer
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:Stasi
gptkbp:archiveType	gptkb:Stasi_Records_Agency_(BStU)
gptkbp:country	gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:dissolved	1990
gptkbp:founded	1950
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Berlin,_East_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	East German Ministry for State Security (Stasi)
gptkbp:informantCount	over 170,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:nativeName	gptkb:Ministerium_für_Staatssicherheit
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Stasi_headquarters,_Lichtenberg,_Berlin
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:German_reunification gptkb:fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Main_Directorate_for_Reconnaissance_(Hauptverwaltung_Aufklärung)
gptkbp:notableInmate	gptkb:Hohenschönhausen_prison
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Erich_Mielke gptkb:Ernst_Wollweber gptkb:Wilhelm_Zaisser
gptkbp:notableOperation	gptkb:Operation_Romeo gptkb:Operation_Vermin gptkb:Operation_INFEKTION
gptkbp:notableSpy	gptkb:Reinhard_Gehlen gptkb:Christel_Boom gptkb:Günter_Guillaume gptkb:Gabriele_Gast gptkb:Heinz_Busch gptkb:Heinz_Felfe gptkb:Heinz_Volpert gptkb:Horst_Hesse gptkb:Karl-Heinz_Kurras gptkb:Klaus_Croissant gptkb:Klaus_Eichner gptkb:Klaus_Kuron gptkb:Lothar_Lenz gptkb:Manfred_Roeder gptkb:Rainer_Rupp gptkb:Siegfried_Dombrowski gptkb:Werner_Großmann gptkb:Werner_Stiller gptkb:Werner_Teske gptkb:Wolfgang_Schnur gptkb:Wolfgang_Schwanitz gptkb:Wolfgang_Vogel gptkb:Markus_Wolf gptkb:Wolfgang_Biermann gptkb:Wolfgang_Harich gptkb:Wolfgang_Böhmer gptkb:Heinz_Dieterich gptkb:Klaus_Steiniger gptkb:Peter_Urbach gptkb:Sascha_Anderson gptkb:Siegfried_Suckut gptkb:Werner_Mahler gptkb:Werner_Probst gptkb:Wolfgang_Berghofer gptkb:Wolfgang_Leonhard gptkb:Wolfgang_Templin gptkb:Wolfgang_Welsch
gptkbp:notableVictim	gptkb:Jürgen_Fuchs gptkb:Markus_Wolf gptkb:Stefan_Heym gptkb:Wolf_Biermann gptkb:Robert_Havemann gptkb:Bärbel_Bohley gptkb:Joachim_Gauck gptkb:Rudolf_Bahro
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees	over 90,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Council_of_Ministers_of_the_GDR
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:political_repression domestic surveillance foreign intelligence state security
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Bautzen_Memorial gptkb:NKVD_special_camp
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6