“The East German secret police, known as the Stasi, were an infamously intrusive secret police force. They amassed dossiers on about one quarter of the population of the country during the Communist regime.” >text (c) truthdig 2014
>Other text on the Stasi (c) IRISH TIMES, 2014
Archive for Stasi
The GDR’s secret 1980s skater scene
Posted in Uncategorized with tags GDR, Germany, skateboarding, Stasi, youth culture on 3 December 2013 by delclem
“Skateboarding was American, therefore subversive and dangerous, so the Stasi began monitoring the skating community to keep tabs on any potential troublemakers or ringleaders.”>full article (c) vice.com 2013
State Security Art
Posted in Uncategorized with tags art, edward Snowden, Germany, Oliver Bienkowski, spying, Stasi, state security, USA on 13 July 2013 by delclem
“A German artist who beamed these words onto the wall of the U.S. embassy in Berlin says Washington’s spy methods make the former East German secret police (the Stasi) look like boy scouts. A video of OLIVER BIENKOWSKI’s artwork, a project that came about in collaboration with internet activist Kim Dotcom, is fast becoming a hit on the Internet in Germany, tapping into widespread outrage over U.S. surveillance programs revealed by fugitive ex-National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.” (reblogged from Revolution News)
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