Stasi

Rarity: Rare

A topic known well beyond its field, found in many languages.

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At a glance

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History and politics

Knowledge cost

6

Influence

13

Resistance

8

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What Wikipedia says

The Ministry for State Security (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, pronounced [minɪsˈteːʁiʊm fyːɐ̯ ˈʃtaːtsˌzɪçɐhaɪt]; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the Stasi (pronounced [ˈʃtaːziː] , an abbreviation of Staatssicherheit), was the intelligence service and secret police of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic or GDR) from 1950 to 1990.

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