Stasi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The Ministry for State Security, (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, commonly known as the Stasi [¿¿tazi] (abbreviation German: Staatssicherheit, literally State Security), was the official state security service of East Germany. The MfS was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. It was widely regarded as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies in the world. The MfS motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei" (Shield and Sword of the Party), showing its connections to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), the equivalent to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.