Tag: Stasi
Germany’s Role in the Syrian Torture Apparatus – Culture
Of Ron Steinke As we now know, a few stowaways smuggled in among the people from Syria who fled to Germany and found a new home here. A few henchmen…
GDR State Security: Still thousands of applications for access to Stasi files
East German state security Still thousands of requests for access to Stasi files Files of the GDR State Security in the branch of the Federal Archives in Leipzig. photo ©…
Bavaria: When the Stasi spied on the journalist Schellenberger – Bavaria
To illustrate the region in which BR journalist Eberhard Schellenberger grew up and later worked, it is worth taking a longer look at Ermershausen in Lower Franconia. On May 19,…
Netflix series “Kleo”: A dazzling tribute – media
If only she knew who she killed. Back then, in 1987, in the Berlin club “Big Eden”. But asking questions is not part of the job. Kleo (Jella Haase) is…
Netflix series “Kleo” – media – SZ.de
If only she knew who she killed. Back then, in 1987, in the Berlin club “Big Eden”. But asking questions is not part of the job. Kleo (Jella Haase) is…
“Stasi comedy” in the cinema: Aren’t we all a bit Stasi? – Culture
Sure, it can happen that you happen to become a Stasi officer. As a young, still somewhat aimless man you stand at a crossroads. Between the quiet prefabricated buildings in…
Prenzlauer Berg: GDR trilogy: “Leander Haussmann’s Stasi comedy”
“Leander Haussmann’s Stasi comedy” takes a unique look back at Prenzlauer Berg in the 1980s. This concludes the director’s GDR trilogy. A young man is standing at a red pedestrian…
Leander Haussmann’s “Stasi Comedy”: The film is “particularly valuable”
Leander Haussmann’s “Stasi Comedy” The film is “particularly valuable” “Stasi comedy”: Stasi officer Siemens (Henry Hübchen) with his colleague Ludger (David Kross). © Constantine Film Leander Haußmann’s “Stasi Comedy” has…
Stasi files on Olaf Scholz – culture
from Willie Winkler When Olaf Scholz there has been at least a shadow of wickedness around for a few days, then he’s not the only one Image-Thanks to the newspaper,…
The dance documentary “Keeping Movement” by Salar Ghazi – Culture
She won’t get a leg on the floor anymore. This is clear to the East Berlin choreographer Birgit Scherzer when she refuses a state-sponsored commission. The thirty-five-year-old is to turn…