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Bangor University

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Organisations

 

English-language links

http://www.bstu.bund.de/EN/Home/home_node.html

History and tasks of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi-files (more detailed information available on the German version of the site, see German links)

http://www.bundesarchiv.de/benutzung/zeitbezug/ddr/index.html.en

Official site for GDR-material of the Federal Archive

http://www.defa.de/cms/en

Official site for information on GDR films. This organisation preserves GDR films and ensures their availability.

German links

http://www.stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/die-stiftung-1074.html

Bundesstiftung für Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Federal Foundation for coming to terms with the SED-dictatorship.

Notable content

http://www.stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/downloads/pdf/2008/Vade_ENG.pdf

PDF-document on GDR-research in Great Britain ready for download. (English)

http://www.stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/dokumentarfilme-dvd-edition-2641.html

List of documentary films (German)

http://www.stiftung-aufarbeitung.de/archiv-1448.html

List of archives

http://www.bstu.bund.de/DE/Home/home_node.html

Official page of the ‘Bundesbeauftragte für die Unterlagen des Staatssicherheitsdienstes der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik’ i.e. Federal Commissioner for the files of the State Security Service (Stasi) of the former GDR.

Notable Content

 http://www.bstu.bund.de/DE/Wissen/DDRGeschichte/Revolutionskalender/_node.html

Chronological dossier on the Stasi during the revolutionary year 1989

http://www.bstu.bund.de/DE/Wissen/DDRGeschichte/Revolutionskalender/Literaturhinweise/literaturhinweise_node.html

Concise bibliography for research on the Stasi

http://www.bstu.bund.de/DE/Wissen/Bibliothek/Auswahl-Bibliographie/bibliographie_Stand_2010.pdf?__blob=publicationFile

Exhaustive bibliography for research on the Stasi in PDF-format, 2MB!

 

Homepages of the State Commissioners for the files of the State Security Service of the GDR for each region

http://www.berlin.de/lstu/

Homepage of the State Commissioner in Berlin

http://www.aufarbeitung.brandenburg.de/sixcms/detail.php?template=start_aufarbeitung

Official page of the State Commissioner in Brandenburg

Notable Content

http://www.aufarbeitung.brandenburg.de/media_fast/bb1.a.2882.de/Handreichung%20Kommunen%20Onlinefassung.pdf

Handbook for the investigation of the involvement of public servants in the State Security Service

http://www.landesbeauftragter.de/

Official page of the State Commissioner in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

http://www.justiz.sachsen.de/lstu/

Official page of the State Commissioner in Saxony

http://www.sachsen-anhalt.de/index.php?id=5750

Official page of the State Commissioner in Saxony-Anhalt

http://www.thueringen.de/de/tlstu/

Official page of the State Commissioner in Thuringia

 

Articles in English

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/east-germany-stasi-files-zirndorf?INTCMP=SRCH

Article about the team of people who piece together shredded Stasi files, an interview with a Stasi victim about looking at his file, and comment from the new federal commissioner for the Stasi files, Roland Jahn.

http://www.ghi-dc.org/files/publications/inhouse/ipm/046.pdf

The Quarrel over the Stasi Files, by Martin Sabrow

 

Articles in German

http://www.faz.net/s/Rub6AC8BEDB983D449FAB78BDE0B7454534/Doc~E26DAE651EAA34CB1A6A063657AB02D72~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html

Article about Roland Jahn, new commissioner responsible for the Stasi files.