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Episode 107 – The STASI – East German Secret Police 1949 – 61

Out of all these Communist regimes the STASI or East German ministry for State Security grew to become the largest and most highly organized secret service in history – even in comparison to the feared KGB. Granted the KGB was larger but the STASI over the course of the Cold War became a much more extensive and elaborate security service. Eclipsing even the feared Gestapo of Nazi Germany. Join us for this episode as we examine The STASI.

Erich Mielke