In the organizer's words:

The Ministry for State Security was both a secret police force and a foreign intelligence service. Its foreign reconnaissance is often described as the "best in the world" at the time. Markus Wolf, head of HV A and for a long time "the man without a face" for Western services, and the "Rosenholz" files still have an aura of secrecy about them today. This is not least due to the fact that many documents - and therefore also evidence - about the Stasi's "work in the West" were destroyed in 1989/90.

Nevertheless, it is still often possible today to find information about the number of spies, the quality of their reports and their further processing. The guided tour traces the GDR's foreign reconnaissance and shows which material on this exciting chapter of the Cold War can still be found in the Stasi Records Archive.

After the tour, you can visit the Stasi Records Archive's collection of sample files and apply for access to the files directly on site.

The event is free of charge. The number of participants is limited to 15. Pre-registration is possible at: einblick-ins-geheime@bundesarchiv.de or by telephone on 030 18 665-6699.