What did the Stasi do? Documentary
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He chose to kill himself. In his suicide letter he praised the communist party, but everyone who knew him knew that he was as anti communist as You could be. My grandmother found him and called his brother, his brother arrived and knowing her, he knew that she would destroy the letter. So he quickly wrote it down on a tissue, as he thought my grandmother destroyed the original letter.
She found a new man and managed to move to sweden with my father an uncle, then sometime inte 2000 she moved back to germany while my father and uncle stayed in sweden. She had also been denying my grandfathers side of the family contact with my father and uncle. But They eventuellt managed to contact them and they are now trying to get access to the stasi records
Date: 2022-07-19
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Nicu
The same applied to all communist countries in Eastern Europe. In Romania, for instance, it was the department of state security, also known as The Security (Securitatea) or shortened Secu (there is a Romanian monastery named Secu as well and from this a lot of jokes. At its highest point in the 1980s, Secu had a few hundred thousands informants, maybe over a million, to a population of 20 million. Basically everybody was spied on. You could get in trouble for simple jokes on the government or because you had watched an American movie or you had bought more food than was allowed. When Ceausescu felt, it was assumed that Secu was involved, so great power it had. After 1990, former officers became businessmen and politicians and some of them are in good positions even 30 years later.
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The same applied to all communist countries in Eastern Europe. In Romania, for instance, it was the department of state security, also known as The Security (Securitatea) or shortened Secu (there is a Romanian monastery named Secu as well and from this a lot of jokes. At its highest point in the 1980s, Secu had a few hundred thousands informants, maybe over a million, to a population of 20 million. Basically everybody was spied on. You could get in trouble for simple jokes on the government or because you had watched an American movie or you had bought more food than was allowed. When Ceausescu felt, it was assumed that Secu was involved, so great power it had. After 1990, former officers became businessmen and politicians and some of them are in good positions even 30 years later.
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Shapiro
Americas establishment is on par with or worse than the Stasi. All the alphabet soup agencies literally encourage Americans to snitch on their friends and family. If you have the wrong political opinion, youll lose your job, social media, bank account, be harassed and threatened by Antifa and BLM (the establishments street shock troops) and be permanently blacklisted online and by the media. We are all constantly tracked and spied on with our smart devices, CCTV and GPS. Now if you have the wrong ideas youll literally be thrown in prison for expressing your ideas (Jan 6th 2021) without trial or bail. At least under the Stasi you were still guaranteed housing and work.
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Americas establishment is on par with or worse than the Stasi. All the alphabet soup agencies literally encourage Americans to snitch on their friends and family. If you have the wrong political opinion, youll lose your job, social media, bank account, be harassed and threatened by Antifa and BLM (the establishments street shock troops) and be permanently blacklisted online and by the media. We are all constantly tracked and spied on with our smart devices, CCTV and GPS. Now if you have the wrong ideas youll literally be thrown in prison for expressing your ideas (Jan 6th 2021) without trial or bail. At least under the Stasi you were still guaranteed housing and work.
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Josef
An unfavored party member of the former SSR is sent to Siberia. Before he leaves he tells his friend when he communicates with them he will use blue ink if he is telling the truth and red ink if he is lying. A few months pass and his friend receives a letter in blue ink, my friend, all is great. Food is abundant, the women are gorgeous, stores are always stocked, I have a very large apartment and never feel the cold, the only problem is I cant find any red ink.
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An unfavored party member of the former SSR is sent to Siberia. Before he leaves he tells his friend when he communicates with them he will use blue ink if he is telling the truth and red ink if he is lying. A few months pass and his friend receives a letter in blue ink, my friend, all is great. Food is abundant, the women are gorgeous, stores are always stocked, I have a very large apartment and never feel the cold, the only problem is I cant find any red ink.
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master
Yugoslavia was america for east berlin and sssr. it s very dangerous to. go to east berlin for tourists. stasi spy everything even phone calls. if you go to vacation on sea you can go. with children but woman must stay at home. maybe you want escape. when you look now is very silly to split berlin on 4 parts when germany loose 1945 everbody must go and put democratic leaders to rule.
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Yugoslavia was america for east berlin and sssr. it s very dangerous to. go to east berlin for tourists. stasi spy everything even phone calls. if you go to vacation on sea you can go. with children but woman must stay at home. maybe you want escape. when you look now is very silly to split berlin on 4 parts when germany loose 1945 everbody must go and put democratic leaders to rule.
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Masao
If you want a great German series about Stasi's HVA, I'd recommend Deutschland 83. It follows the happenings outside and inside the infamous Sub-Agency and their doings inside Germany and in the following Seasons, also the whole world. Top notch German acting, amazing storytelling and directing. 10/10
It's on Amazon Prime.
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If you want a great German series about Stasi's HVA, I'd recommend Deutschland 83. It follows the happenings outside and inside the infamous Sub-Agency and their doings inside Germany and in the following Seasons, also the whole world. Top notch German acting, amazing storytelling and directing. 10/10
It's on Amazon Prime.
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Joe
I went to the museum. Which is housed in the old headquarters. The whole top floor has been left as it was the day they ceased to be an organisation. Super fascinating. I do feel sorry for the residents of the retirement homes next door though. Can't be nice looking up and seeing that building every day!
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I went to the museum. Which is housed in the old headquarters. The whole top floor has been left as it was the day they ceased to be an organisation. Super fascinating. I do feel sorry for the residents of the retirement homes next door though. Can't be nice looking up and seeing that building every day!
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velouris76
The number of Stasi informants was shocking: Its estimated that the ratio of Gestapo informants was 1 in every 200 people, the KGB it was 1 in 1500/2000. for the Stasi its estimated it was 1 in every 8 peopleand that doesnt even take into account those who were part-time Stasi informants
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The number of Stasi informants was shocking: Its estimated that the ratio of Gestapo informants was 1 in every 200 people, the KGB it was 1 in 1500/2000. for the Stasi its estimated it was 1 in every 8 peopleand that doesnt even take into account those who were part-time Stasi informants
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Hossak
I bet a lot of ex-stasi scumbags lived in fear for the rest of their lives when they lost their positions. As they portray over and over again, there were a lot of people walking around Germany holding a sign that said soon, meaning retribution on an individual.
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I bet a lot of ex-stasi scumbags lived in fear for the rest of their lives when they lost their positions. As they portray over and over again, there were a lot of people walking around Germany holding a sign that said soon, meaning retribution on an individual.
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Boop
being from east germany in the early 20th century must have sucked
>born in to a failing republic
>experience hyperinflation in your childhood household
>live for 12 years under nazi regime
>think youre free
>go under soviet rule for 45 more years
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being from east germany in the early 20th century must have sucked
>born in to a failing republic
>experience hyperinflation in your childhood household
>live for 12 years under nazi regime
>think youre free
>go under soviet rule for 45 more years
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Nonya
It worked very well. No further questions. We've also amended your Dosier by at least 50 pages and your neighbors say some very interesting things about you. We also recommend you ignore the cracking in the phone, nothing to worry about.
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It worked very well. No further questions. We've also amended your Dosier by at least 50 pages and your neighbors say some very interesting things about you. We also recommend you ignore the cracking in the phone, nothing to worry about.
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Baba
A true story I heard that after the wall collapse one woman found out from the retrieved documents that her beloved husband was spying on her for years. She was so flabbergast and heartbroken that she divorced him shortly thereafter.
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A true story I heard that after the wall collapse one woman found out from the retrieved documents that her beloved husband was spying on her for years. She was so flabbergast and heartbroken that she divorced him shortly thereafter.
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CEO
See, the Gestapo is hated but the Stasi are debated because one did what they did on race and the other because of ideology. It's okay to kill, torture and oppress for ideology. Not race. Race is a no no. Everything else is fair game.
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See, the Gestapo is hated but the Stasi are debated because one did what they did on race and the other because of ideology. It's okay to kill, torture and oppress for ideology. Not race. Race is a no no. Everything else is fair game.
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FotY
And after the collapse the party joined up with die Linke and are still represented in the modern german parlament. We had Ex-NSDAP members in every party and after that (even now) we still have SED members in the parlament, great.
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And after the collapse the party joined up with die Linke and are still represented in the modern german parlament. We had Ex-NSDAP members in every party and after that (even now) we still have SED members in the parlament, great.
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Notthedroids
I don't think that the Stasi's legacy and reputation are fiercely debated in Germany today. It's well agreed upon that they were bad.
Even people who say the GDR wasn't all bad generally don't defend the Stasi.
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I don't think that the Stasi's legacy and reputation are fiercely debated in Germany today. It's well agreed upon that they were bad.
Even people who say the GDR wasn't all bad generally don't defend the Stasi.
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Cogumerlim
Why is James Bissonette always mentioned first while some highly memorable people like Spinning Three Plates, Boogly Woogly and Kelly Moneymaker are sometimes shaded from view at the end of the list?
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Why is James Bissonette always mentioned first while some highly memorable people like Spinning Three Plates, Boogly Woogly and Kelly Moneymaker are sometimes shaded from view at the end of the list?
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Jonathan
SUPER LIKE!
I found that such a rough and uneasy topic has been animated in an entertaining and hilarious way. I haven't reached the end of the video, but I am living for the funny animations.
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SUPER LIKE!
I found that such a rough and uneasy topic has been animated in an entertaining and hilarious way. I haven't reached the end of the video, but I am living for the funny animations.
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A.
Guy 1: The stasi bugged my apartment while I was at work.
Guy 2: What makes you say that?
Guy1: Theres a new closet in my apartment and a cable running from it, to a new generator outside.
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Guy 1: The stasi bugged my apartment while I was at work.
Guy 2: What makes you say that?
Guy1: Theres a new closet in my apartment and a cable running from it, to a new generator outside.
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ihathtelekinesis
So their chief weapons were fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Party. All they needed were to change their uniforms to a nice red.
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So their chief weapons were fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency and an almost fanatical devotion to the Party. All they needed were to change their uniforms to a nice red.
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Vaishino
They couldn't hire veteran intelligence agents because the veterans worked for the third reich.
Not a problem they had in America xD they scooped up those nazis hand over fist
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They couldn't hire veteran intelligence agents because the veterans worked for the third reich.
Not a problem they had in America xD they scooped up those nazis hand over fist
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