The history of the Stasi :

Gieseke, Jens.

The history of the Stasi : East Germany's secret police, 1945-1990 / Jens Gieseke ; translated by David Burnett. - 1 online resource (277 pages)

Originally published under title: Mielke-Konzern. Stuttgart : Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Antifascism, Stalinism, cold civil war : origins and influences, 1945 to 1956 -- The safest GDR in the world : the driving forces of Stasi growth -- The unofficial collaborator : a new type of informer -- Blanket surveillance? state security in East German society -- Resistance, opposition, persecution -- Wolf and Co. : MFS operations abroad -- Final crisis and collapse, 1989-90 -- Legacy, aufarbeitung, culture of memory : the second life of the Stasi.

9781782382553 (e-book)


Germany (East). Ministerium für Staatssicherheit --History.


Internal security--History.--Germany (East)
Secret service--History.--Germany (East)


Electronic books.

HV8210.5.A2 / G53513 2014

363.28/30943109045