Erich Mielke - Wikipedia
WEBErich Fritz Emil Mielke (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈmiːlkə]; 28 December 1907 – 21 May 2000) was a German communist official who served as head of the East German Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatsicherheit – MfS), better known as the Stasi, from 1957 until shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Erich Mielke, Powerful Head of Stasi, East Germany's Vast Spy …
WEBMay 26, 2000 · Erich Mielke, the former head of the dreaded East German security agency known as the Stasi, has died at 92, German officials said yesterday. The daily Kurier said Mr. Mielke...
Inside the pervasive surveillance by East Germany's Stasi
WEBNARRATOR: Erich Mielke: As a young communist in 1931, he shot two policemen in Berlin and fled to Moscow. His great idol is Stalin, also adept in the persecution of political opponents.
Erich Mielke – Minister for State Security | Blog - DDR Museum
WEBJun 11, 2015 · Prime Minister Grotewohl has complied with his request and appointed the former Deputy Minister for State Security, Erich Mielke, as Minister for State Security with effect from 1 November 1957.«
Erich Mielke, Former Chief of Stasi, Dead at 92 - The New York …
WEBMay 26, 2000 · rich Mielke, the former head of the dreaded East German security agency known as the Stasi, has died at age 92, officials in the German capital said. The Kurier daily said that Mielke died four...
Piecing Together the Secrets of the Stasi - The New Yorker
WEBMay 27, 2024 · Gill and I were standing at the heart of the compound. Across the courtyard stood the hulking administrative building once ruled over by Erich Mielke, the agency’s shadowy chairman.
The Lives They Lived: 01-07-01: Erich Mielke, b. 1907; The Enemy Within
WEBJan 7, 2001 · If one wanted to put a single name on all the horror and suffering of the former German Democratic Republic, that name would be Erich Mielke. Mielke headed what people refer to as the...
Erich Mielke - The Economist
WEBJun 1, 2000 · Obituary. Erich Mielke, East Germany’s secret police chief, died on May 22nd, aged 92. Jun 1st 2000 |. AP. AFTER the East German state collapsed in 1989, revenge was in the air. At the top of...
The East German secret police and the Berlin Wall
WEBAug 12, 2021 · The move was a stroke of luck for the East German Stasi state security, which was run for decades by Erich Mielke in the Ministry for State Security (MfS), according to authors Daniel and Jürgen...
Stasi | Meaning, Facts, Methods, & Files | Britannica
WEBAug 9, 2024 · Under Erich Mielke, its director from 1957 to 1989, the Stasi became a highly effective secret police organization. Within East Germany it sought to infiltrate every institution of society and every aspect of daily life, including even intimate personal and familial relationships.
- Some results have been removed