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Stasi
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Stasi [ˈstɑːzɪ]
n
(Historical Terms) formerly, the secret police in East Germany
[from German Sta(ats)si(cherheitsdienst), literally: state security service]
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Over four decades, the Ministerium fur Staatssicherheit (Ministry for State Security) assembled a vast archive, holding information on an estimated six million citizens thought to have Western sympathies.
THE STASI FILES; EXCLUSIVE When the Berlin Wall fell, the East German ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Wir wuBten nicht, daB das Fest langst zu Ende, Und alles Ubrige eine Sache war Fur die Abteilungsleiter der Weltbank Und die Genossen von der Staatssicherheit, Genau wie bei uns und uberall sonst auch (Enzensberger, 1978:14-15).
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