Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

official state security service of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) (1950–1990)
Organization ministry_of_the_gdr Q153846
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Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

Summary

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit is a ministry of the GDR[1]. It draws 2,247 Wikipedia views per month (ministry_of_the_gdr category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit is in the country of German Democratic Republic[3].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's image is recorded as HVA-Berlin.jpg[4].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's instance of is recorded as ministry of the GDR[5].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's instance of is recorded as secret police[6].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's instance of is recorded as intelligence agency[7].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's flag image is recorded as Flagge des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit.svg[8].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's logo image is recorded as Emblem of the Stasi.svg[9].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's followed by is recorded as Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution[10].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's seal image is recorded as Emblem of the Stasi.svg[11].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's headquarters location is recorded as East Berlin[12].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's ISNI is recorded as 0000000123241104[13].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137239544[14].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's GND ID is recorded as 2065138-7[15].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83012175[16].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12345386c[17].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's IdRef ID is recorded as 032420595[18].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's NACSIS-CAT author ID is recorded as DA06275792[19].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Main Directorate for Reconnaissance[20].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment[21].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q103783631[22].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q190287[23].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q113679709[24].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q117006002[25].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q133875753[26].
  • Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's child organization or unit is recorded as Q135671049[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +1950-02-08T00:00:00Z[28] and +1950-01-01T00:00:00Z[29].

Identity

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'it'}[30]. Its followed by is recorded as Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution[10].

Leadership

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's chairperson is recorded as Wilhelm Zaisser[31].

Operations

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit's headquarters location is recorded as East Berlin[12]. Subsidiaries include Main Directorate for Reconnaissance[20], an intelligence agency[32], in German Democratic Republic[33], founded in 1955[34], headquartered in Pankow[35]; Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment[21], a military unit[36], in German Democratic Republic[37], founded in 1954[38]; Q103783631[22]; Q190287[23]; Q113679709[24]; and Q117006002[25].

Dissolution

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit was dissolved in +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z[39].

Why It Matters

Ministerium für Staatssicherheit draws 2,247 Wikipedia views per month (ministry_of_the_gdr category, ranking #1 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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  15. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . viaf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] . Gesetzblatt der DDR. wikidata.org.
  28. [29] . COURAGE Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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