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Federal Archives
- Stasi Records Archive -
Frankfurter Allee 204
D-10365 Berlin
Phone: +49 (0)30 18 665-0
Fax: +49 (0)30 18 665-77 99
E-Mail: post.stasiunterlagenarchiv@bundesarchiv.de
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Editorial Department
This website is managed by the online editorial team of the Federal Archives – Stasi Records Archive.
Responsible for Content:
Kirsten Mieves
Disclaimer / Exclusion of liability
We strive to ensure that the information on this site is up to date, accurate and complete. Errors may nevertheless occur. For this reason we cannot guarantee the completeness, accuracy and absolute up-to-dateness of the content. We appreciate being informed of errors. The publisher may change this Web site at his own discretion at any time and without warning. He is, however, obligated to keep the content of the Web site up to date.
The user accesses and uses this Web site at his own risk. Stasi Records Archive is not liable for any damages, including direct, indirect, incidental, special and consequential damages that may allegedly occur in connection with access to and/or use of this Web site.
Access data may be stored when contents are requested. This includes data about the page that sent the request, the name of the requested file, the date, time and length of the request, the amount of transferred data and the access status (for example file transferred, file not found). This stored date is evaluated solely for statistical purposes and under no circumstances will it be transferred to a third party.
If the opportunity is given to enter personal or business data (email addresses, names, addresses), the input of this data is provided by the user expressly on a voluntary basis.
The Stasi Records Archive takes the protection of personal data very seriously. We want you to know when we collect data and how we use it. We have taken technical and organisational measures to ensure that the data privacy rules are observed not only by our agency, but also by external service providers.
Terms of use / External links
The Stasi Records Archive offers as a service, not only his own Web site, but also references (hyperlinks) to external content. Access to this external content has been facilitated by the Stasi Records Archive Web site, but not appropriated as its own.
Links are included on the Web site only when the Web site editors deem their content at the time of incorporation to not be in violation of German law.
Despite regular examination of foreign content, it may occur that occasional unlawful or criminal content appears on the site or that you are referred directly or indirectly to pages with illegal content.
Copyrights and Conditions of Use
The copyrights for texts, films, PDF files and images, unless otherwise stated, are held by the Stasi Records Archive. The content of this Web site may only be reproduced, disseminated or exhibited with the written consent of the editors and, where applicable, of the other rights holders.
The sources provided by the Stasi Records Archive must be given. Using the information provided here at schools and universities for educational purposes is expressly welcome. Use for commercial purposes, in particular for advertising, is not allowed.
Any editing, alteration, manipulation of the digital images and text documents other than colour correction, cropping and resizing is not allowed except perhaps with the prior written consent of the Stasi Records Archive The digital images and documents may not be reproduced in any misleading contexts.
Copyright notices for Instagram
Text and image content on the Instagram account of the Stasi Headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg is not in the public domain, but is made available on the Instagram platform. Even when shared via “hashtags” (#) or “embed”, all rights remain with the Stasi Records Archive. Works not created directly by the Stasi Records Archive but on its behalf by third parties (e.g. freelance authors, photographers) must be credited separately to the respective author alongside the licensee, the Stasi Records Archive. This content (works) may not be used for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence from the Stasi Records Archive in advance.
User-generated content: By using our platform, you guarantee that the photos, images, texts, etc. that you upload are free of any third-party rights. Furthermore, you must ensure that it contains no offensive, racist, immoral, politically extremist or otherwise unlawful content. By uploading your photos, images and texts, you grant the operator of the platform instagram.com/StasiZentrale a right of use in accordance with Instagram’s terms of use applicable at the time that you uploaded your work. This includes, in particular, the right to make your works available via the platform and to make them accessible to third parties by sharing them via “hashtag” (#) or “embed”.
Netiquette
We encourage you to make comments on editorial content on our social media channels. Please observe the following rules.
Rules for leaving comments
In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Stasi Records Archive uses its social media channels to provide information on the structure, methods and operations of the Ministry for State Security, as well as on the development of the site “Stasi Headquarters. Campus for Democracy”, with the aim of promoting and supporting engagement with the mechanisms of the SED dictatorship.
We invite you to take part in discussions on these topics and to express your opinion freely. To ensure respectful communication between you and other users, we ask that you observe a few rules when using this dialogue platform:
1. Treat other users as you would like to be treated yourself. Always remain objective, constructive and fair by treating others politely and respectfully.
2. Comments that mock victims of the SED dictatorship or the Stasi, or that trivialise or relativise the injustices of the SED dictatorship, will not be tolerated.
3. Personal attacks, insults, defamation, insinuations and provocations, as well as posts containing vulgar, offensive or defamatory content, are not permitted.
4. Furthermore, offensive, discriminatory, hateful remarks or content that glorifies violence is not permitted. This includes anti-constitutional, racist or sexist remarks, as well as defamation of minorities or people with disabilities.
5. Advertising, off-topic posts and links to external sites that do not relate to the subject of the original post are also not permitted.
6. Respect the personal rights of third parties. Speculation about other users, their motives or personal histories does not contribute to the discussion.
The editorial team will delete posts that violate these rules. We will indicate in the comments where posts have been deleted and reserve the right to permanently ban users in the event of repeated violations.
We expressly distance ourselves from all linked external content. We also distance ourselves from comments and posts published on other social media channels via our platform or by other users on our channels.
The respective authors are responsible for their own comments, not the Stasi Records Archive. In the case of comments eligible for copyright protection, the copyright generally remains with the author. However, by posting content, authors grant the Stasi Records Archive permission to permanently host and archive it on our channel.
Response times
We are aware that the internet never sleeps. Please understand, however, that we are unable to respond to all enquiries in real time.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have. Please contact us by email at redaktion.stasiunterlagenarchiv@bundesarchiv.de.