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DDR Archiv Scrapbook Collection

Preserved at the Wende Museum in a set of 159 binders, this collection offers a continuous history of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as seen through different aspects of the activities of the Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS, Ministry for State Security, Stasi). These are arranged in a linear manner covering the history of the organization’s function in East Germany dating from 1945 and the earliest days of the Soviet Occupation Zone through the mid-1990s and the GDR’s dissolution/Treuhand. In these binders activities of the MfS are seen through compilations of secondary documents such as newspaper clippings, articles, copied documents/reports, photographs, publications and a selection of what look to be primary documents that originate from the MfS office or subsidiary offices of the MfS.

Though only one segment of the GDR governing structure, the Ministry encompassed so many areas of controlling authority as to be practically synonymous with the GDR itself. Best known as the surveillance arm of the government, the MfS was also the fiscal authority behind the military economy, foreign trade, passports and tourism, and all matters of intelligence / counterintelligence.

The cataloging and digitization of this collection was made possible by the support of Arcadia – a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin.

Showing search results 136-150 of 159
DDR Archiv : Akten : 01. - 14. April 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : 01. - 14. April 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; correspondence; texts (documents); photocopies
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.001.136
Date Made: April 1-14, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : 15. - 30. April 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : 15. - 30. April 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; texts (documents); correspondence; photocopies; lists (document genre); receipts (financial records)
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.002.137
Date Made: April 15-30, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : MfS, DDR : 1990
DDR Archiv : MfS, DDR : 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; texts (documents); photocopies; charts (graphic documents)
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.003.138
Date Made: 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : IMS des MfS
DDR Archiv : IMS des MfS
Scrapbooks; ring binders; texts (documents); photocopies; rosters
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.004.139
Date Made: 1998; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : Mai 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : Mai 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; correspondence; texts (documents); newspaper clippings
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.005.140
Date Made: May, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : Juni 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : Juni 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; correspondence; texts (documents); photocopies; articles; magazine clippings
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.006.141
Date Made: June, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : Juli 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : Juli 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; correspondence; texts (documents); newspaper clippings; photographs
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.007.142
Date Made: July, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : Aug. 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : Aug. 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; correspondence; newspaper clippings; photocopies
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.018.008.143
Date Made: August, 1990; 1990s
DDR Archiv : Akten : Sept. 1990
DDR Archiv : Akten : Sept. 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; texts (documents)
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.001.144
Date Made: September, 1990; 1990s
BRD Archiv : DDR-BRD : Akten : Okt. - Dez. 1990
BRD Archiv : DDR-BRD : Akten : Okt. - Dez. 1990
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; timeline (chronologies); color photographs; newspaper copies; drawings (visual works); charts (graphic documents)
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.002.145
Date Made: October-December, 1990; 1990s
BRD Archiv : Akten : Jan. - Mai 1991
BRD Archiv : Akten : Jan. - Mai 1991
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; correspondence; texts (documents); lists (document genre); newspaper clippings; articles
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.003.146
Date Made: January-May, 1991; 1990s
BRD Archiv : Akten : Juni 1991
BRD Archiv : Akten : Juni 1991
Scrapbooks; ring binders; photocopies; articles; newspaper clippings; reports
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.004.147
Date Made: June, 1991; 1990s
BRD Archiv : Akten : Juli - August 1991
BRD Archiv : Akten : Juli - August 1991
Scrapbooks; ring binders; newspaper clippings; articles; texts (documents); photocopies; newspapers; lists (document genre)
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.005.148
Date Made: July-August, 1991; 1990s
BRD Archiv : DDR-Abwicklung : Akten : Sept. 1991
BRD Archiv : DDR-Abwicklung : Akten : Sept. 1991
Scrapbooks; ring binders; texts (documents); photocopies; newspaper clippings; articles; reports
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.006.149
Date Made: September, 1991; 1990s
BRD Archiv : Akten : Okt. - Dez. 1991
BRD Archiv : Akten : Okt. - Dez. 1991
Scrapbooks; ring binders; magazine clippings; articles; texts (documents); photocopies; newspaper clippings
Maker: [Gerd Heidemann]; Unknown; Various
ID: 2010.103.014.019.007.150
Date Made: October-December, 1991; 1990s
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