East Germany's Stasi

GPTKB entity

Properties (66)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf intelligence agency
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:KGB
gptkbp:createdBy political activities
gptkbp:employs over 90,000 staff
gptkbp:faced human rights organizations
gptkbp:hasAccessTo government resources
gptkbp:hasFuturePlans around 1.5 million
gptkbp:hasImpactOn German_history
gptkbp:hasInfluenceOn East_German_society
gptkbp:headquarteredIn gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East Germany's Stasi
gptkbp:influenced post-reunification policies
gptkbp:is_monitored_by media
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor human rights abuses
lack of accountability
lack of transparency
excessive surveillance
violating privacy rights
gptkbp:isDocumentedIn historical research
historical archives
memoirs and testimonies
gptkbp:isEngagedIn 1990
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn intelligence gathering
intelligence sharing
social engineering
censorship
political repression
state propaganda
state surveillance
counterintelligence
information warfare
social control
political indoctrination
state-sponsored terrorism
political espionage
information control
covert surveillance operations
dissident tracking
surveillance of foreigners
gptkbp:isKnownFor covert operations
surveillance
interrogation techniques
political manipulation
secret police activities
coercive tactics
informant networks
informant recruitment
gptkbp:isRelatedTo historical analysis
public scrutiny
gptkbp:isVisitedBy gptkb:Erich_Mielke
gptkbp:maintainedBy citizens
gptkbp:operates gptkb:Ministry_for_State_Security
gptkbp:operatesIn gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:targets dissidents
gptkbp:uses espionage
intimidation
gptkbp:usesTechnology wiretapping
gptkbp:wasEstablishedIn gptkb:Walter_Ulbricht
1950
films and literature
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn gptkb:German_reunification
state security
gptkbp:wasPartOf gptkb:Eastern_Bloc
gptkb:East_German_government
totalitarian regime
Cold_War_dynamics