#stasi

#stasi

Former Stasi officer on trial for murder of Polish man attempting to flee to West Berlin.

Charges against the ex-Stasi defendant upgraded from manslaughter to murder. [ more ]

Archivists in Germany have been working for 30 years to piece together documents destroyed by the Stasi, the East German secret police.

The archivists, known as the 'Puzzle Women', face a monumental task as they meticulously reassemble tiny paper fragments to reconstruct the history of their fellow citizens. Time is running out as the victims of Stasi surveillance are getting older. [ more ]