In this video, we explore daily life in East Germany during the Cold War. From the state-controlled economy and strict ...

Manfred Lehmann avoids Berlin landmarks such as the Brandenburg Gate where hawkers selling old East German medals or students posing in guard uniforms for tourists are a painful spectacle to the ...

The East German state security organs recorded vast amounts of data about citizens, with all institutions involved in mass surveillance. Fuhrmann was told that the bunker was built for the former ...

She even learned German to be able to better approach people about the doc. “We started reaching out to Stasi officers, and it was clear that there was a skepticism for Stasi officers to engage ...

The East German secret police, known as Stasi, literally followed people through the streets if they believed they were involved in dangerous activities, Miranda adds. The Stasi even stole people’s ...

Barbara Poenisch spends most of her days at work doing puzzles -- piecing together a mountain of documents torn up by the hated East German Stasi secret police.

Photos held in a German archive reveal how barriers were tested to prevent East German citizens attempting to flee to freedom, even by killing them.

The East German secret police, the Stasi, was one of the most ruthless and powerful secret police forces in the world, and the iron fist of the East German dictatorship.

The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret police, in a case straight out of the Cold War.

A film drama about the Stasi secret police wins seven of Germany's top film awards.