The Stasi: The East German Intelligence and Security Service, 1917-89
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0814715516
ISBN 13
9780814715512
Category
Intelligence
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Publication Year
1996
Publisher
New York University Press, United States
Pages
253
Subject
1. Intelligence service-Germany, 2. politics and Government- Germany,
Abstract
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 the inexorable march towards a united Germany began. As part of this process, the Stasi, East German's secret police, was disbanded, and many of its henchman arrested. Among the most brutal and successful intelligence surveillance organizations of the Cold War Years, the Stasi had informers in virtually every factory, office, military unit, school, university, hospital, and church.
The Stasi, the first English-language account of the East German secret police, tells the story of the Stasi from its origins in the dreaded Cheka, the notorious Russian secret police, to its abolition in 1989. Based on years of personal experience with the Stasi, interviews with former Stasi members and their victims, archival research, interviews with members of the German parliament, and street interviews conducted in several East German towns, David Childs and Richard Popplewell uncover a fascinating yet horrifying story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism, and the occasionally courageous dissenter.
The Stasi, the first English-language account of the East German secret police, tells the story of the Stasi from its origins in the dreaded Cheka, the notorious Russian secret police, to its abolition in 1989. Based on years of personal experience with the Stasi, interviews with former Stasi members and their victims, archival research, interviews with members of the German parliament, and street interviews conducted in several East German towns, David Childs and Richard Popplewell uncover a fascinating yet horrifying story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism, and the occasionally courageous dissenter.
Description
When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 the inexorable march towards a united Germany began. As part of this process, the Stasi, East German's secret police, was disbanded, and many of its henchman arrested. Among the most brutal and successful intelligence surveillance organizations of the Cold War Years, the Stasi had informers in virtually every factory, office, military unit, school, university, hospital, and church. The Stasi, the first English-language account of the East German secret police, tells the story of the Stasi from its origins in the dreaded Cheka, the notorious Russian secret police, to its abolition in 1989. Based on years of personal experience with the Stasi, interviews with former Stasi members and their victims, archival research, interviews with members of the German parliament, and street interviews conducted in several East German towns, David Childs and Richard Popplewell uncover a fascinating yet horrifying story of unbridled power, misguided idealism, treachery, widespread opportunism, and the occasionally courageous dissenter. - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
Contents
1. German Communism, the Comintern and Secret Intelligence, 1918-43…P. 1
2. The Origin and Development of East German State Security:
The Ulbricht Years, 1945-71……………………………………………...............................P. 33
3. The MfS, the Sed and the East German State …………............................P. 66
4. The MfS, as an Internal Security Organ…………………...............................P. 82
5. East German Foreign Intelligence, 1945-89………………………....................P. 112
6. HVA Operations Against West Germany……………...................................P. 142
7. From Triumph to Catastrophe: The Stasi Under
Mielke and Honecker, 1971-89………………………………………................................P. 174
8. The Aftermath…………………………………………………......................................P. 193
Appendix A
Biographical information…………………………………………......................................P. 196
Appendix B
Chronology…………………………………………………………...........................................p. 200
Bibliography………………………………………………………….........................................p. 203
Notes …………………………………………………………………...........................................p. 213
Name Index…………………………………………………………….......................................p. 243
Subject Index………………………………………………………….......................................P. 248
1. German Communism, the Comintern and Secret Intelligence, 1918-43…P. 1
2. The Origin and Development of East German State Security:
The Ulbricht Years, 1945-71……………………………………………...............................P. 33
3. The MfS, the Sed and the East German State …………............................P. 66
4. The MfS, as an Internal Security Organ…………………...............................P. 82
5. East German Foreign Intelligence, 1945-89………………………....................P. 112
6. HVA Operations Against West Germany……………...................................P. 142
7. From Triumph to Catastrophe: The Stasi Under
Mielke and Honecker, 1971-89………………………………………................................P. 174
8. The Aftermath…………………………………………………......................................P. 193
Appendix A
Biographical information…………………………………………......................................P. 196
Appendix B
Chronology…………………………………………………………...........................................p. 200
Bibliography………………………………………………………….........................................p. 203
Notes …………………………………………………………………...........................................p. 213
Name Index…………………………………………………………….......................................p. 243
Subject Index………………………………………………………….......................................P. 248
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