Markus Wolf
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Markus Johannes Wolf, also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance, the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for S
Wolf in 1989
Friedrich Wolf with his wife Else and their sons Markus (left) and Konrad (right), 1926
Wolf at the Alexanderplatz demonstration, 4 November 1989
Grave in Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde (Berlin)
Stasi
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The Ministry for State Security, commonly known as the Stasi, was the intelligence service and secret police of East Germany from 1950 to 1990. It was one of the most repressive police organisations i
Markus Wolf
…the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbr. MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the most effective spymasters during…
The main entrance to the Stasi headquarters (now Stasi Museum) in Berlin
These spy cameras are of the Robot Star series and were originally imported from West Germany before being customised by the technical operations division of the Stasi. Secret cameras and video cameras were used extensively as part of an ongoing and vast surveillance operation.
Citizens protesting and entering the Stasi building in Berlin; the sign accuses the Stasi and SED of being Nazi-like dictators (1990).
The former Stasi Prison, Erfurt