GermanyAufgabe 208 · History and responsibility
What was the “Stasi”?
In the exam (German)
Was war die "Stasi"?
- athe secret service in the “Third Reich”der Geheimdienst im "Dritten Reich"
- ba famous German memorial siteeine berühmte deutsche Gedenkstätte
- cthe secret service of the GDRder Geheimdienst der DDRCorrect answer
- da German sports club during the Second World Warein deutscher Sportverein während des Zweiten Weltkrieges
Why?
“Stasi” is short for the Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit), the secret service and secret police of the GDR. The Stasi watched and spied on its own population and persecuted critics of the SED. Do not mix this up: the secret police in the “Third Reich” was called the Gestapo.
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