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Ministerium für Staatssicherheit
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.
Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution
domestic security agency of Germany
Stasi Records Agency
Administration organisation in Germany
Federal Office for Information Security
German central federal authority for IT security
German identity card
official identity document for German citizens
Obligation of identification
legal requirement to prove identity