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Filming for the feature film Gundermann at the Stasi Records Archive

Filming for press purposes at the magazine, Source: BArch

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On this page you will find media information about the exhibition. You are welcome to use the photos from “Access to Secrecy”, provided you cite the “Stasi Records Archive” as the source. The historical images are authorised for publication in reports about the exhibition, provided the source is cited. Please contact us if you have any further questions or would like to request photos.

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Phone: +49 030 18 665-7171
Email: presse@bundesarchiv.de

Photos from the exhibition

Gilbert Furian in the exhibition „Access to secrecy“

Gilbert Furian in the exhibition „Access to secrecy“
Source: BArch

A typewritten page from a file lies in an open drawer.

Visitors can read in the display case.
Source: BArch

In the foreground, part of a file installation can be seen. In the background, a woman and a girl are standing at a media station, touching the screen.

Art in the entrance area: A replica stack takes center stage.
Source: BArch

Two women—one sitting, the other standing—are looking at a monitor in the exhibition.

An oversized, walk-in file displays the Radulovic case.
Source: BArch

A glimpse inside the walk-through exhibit: A woman looks at an exhibit panel.

Oversized Stasi files allow visitors to immerse themselves emotionally in the stories of people who were persecuted by the East German secret police.
Source: BArch

The photo shows an exhibition wall featuring large-scale images, text, and multimedia stations on the topic of the Stasi

The secret police's card index systems, specifically the F22, are explained.
Source: BArch

The picture shows a view of a card cabinet filled with index cards.

An original piece of Stasi equipment, a “card index carousel.”
Source: BArch

The photo shows an exhibition display modeled after a lever-operated filing system at the Stasi Records Archive.

Documents and the work of the Stasi are illustrated with replicas and exhibits.
Source: BArch

The photo shows an exhibition area on the topic of mail inspection, featuring several media stations.

Video clips provide information on the topic of mail inspection.
Source: BArch

Downloads

Press photos „Access to secrecy“ 

A selection of photos from the exhibition on the Stasi Records Archive at the former Stasi headquarters.

Download press photos (ZIP, 92 MB, File does not meet accessibility standards).