Law of East Germany

The Ministry for State Security (, ; abbreviated MfS), commonly known as the '''''' (, an abbreviation of ), was the intelligence service and secret police of East Germany (the German Democratic Republic or GDR) from 1950 to 1990. It was one of the most repressive police organisations in the world, infiltrating almost every aspect of life in East Germany, using torture, intimidation, and a vast network of informants to crush dissent.

provision of the German Criminal Code forbidding homosexual acts, repealed 1994

275px|thumb|A Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany)|Deutsche Reichsbahn official inspects the escape tunnel beneath [[Berlin Wollankstraße station in January 1962.]] 275px|thumb|Movement (1977–1986) Republikflucht (; German for "desertion from the republic", ) was the colloquial term in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) for illegal emigration to the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), West Berlin, and non-Warsaw Pact countries. The official term was Ungesetzlicher Grenzübertritt ("unlawful border crossing"). Republikflucht applied to both the 3.5 million Germans who migrated l

former main legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany

constitution

thumb|275px|Three Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic|Border Troops guards in a [[watch tower on the Inner German border in 1984]]

highest court in East Germany

person who didn't bear arms but instead did construction work in the military of the German Democratic Republic