For 40 years, the Stasi secured the rule of the ruling party, the SED. In its "fight against the enemy," the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) expanded ever further, in Lichtenberg and throughout the GDR. In 1990, courageous citizens not only secured the secret police's documents from destruction, they also made Mielke's headquarters a public space again. Today, the Stasi Records Archive in the Federal Archives is located here, providing information about the Stasi's activities and its records.
"A monument to surveillance": The Stasi Records Archive contains 111 kilometers of files, many of which contain personal data about individuals – collected by the State Security Service. The exhibition "Access to Secrecy" makes the significance of this archive tangible.
After the tour, you have the opportunity to visit our sample files collection. It consists of reproductions of original Stasi documents. In addition to subject files and personal files of Stasi officers, you will also find files of those affected. They have agreed to the publication of their documents and are making an "Access to Secrecy" possible.
Registration via einblick-ins-geheime@bundesarchiv.de or Tel. +49 30 18 665-6699
Diese Veranstaltung ist Teil des Programms der Berlin Freedom Week.
