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Initially convicted of treason, chief Stasi spy Markus Wolf (until 1986 the head of the HVA), was cleared by Germany's Federal Constitutional Court in 1995. He could not have committed treason, it was argued, because he was serving a different country.
After the German reunification of 1989–1991, some Stasi officials were prosecuted for their crimes and the surveillance files that the Stasi had maintained on millions of East Germans were declassified so that all citizens could inspect their personal files on request.
- 13 January 1990
- 8 February 1950
9. Nov. 2019 · The Ministry for State Security—commonly known as the Stasi —wiretapped, bugged, and tracked citizens. It steamed open letters and drilled holes in walls. It had nearly 200,000 unofficial...
15. Jan. 2020 · It was the best of times for thousands of protesters who 30 years ago stormed the Berlin headquarters of East Germany’s hated Ministry of State Security, better known as the Stasi. For them,...
6. Nov. 2019 · 'I've been shafted twice': Stasi victims and their quest for compensation. Systematic degradation by state police resulting in lost careers and poor mental health has been hard to prove for many...
24. Apr. 2006 · Former members of East Germany's notorious secret police, the Stasi, have increased their public profile recently, insisting that they are being libeled by the larger society. Former Stasi...
20. März 2020 · In May 1980, Stasi spies accidentally took photographs of a senior member of their own team leaving and entering a house that had been put under surveillance in Neubrandenburg. It emerged the man...
