After the Wall
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
Official site for information on GDR films. This organisation preserves GDR films and ensures their availability.
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
Concise bibliography for research on the Stasi
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
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
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
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
Article about Roland Jahn, new commissioner responsible for the Stasi files.