Secret files of Communist East Germany's Stasi security police were sent to a film set for use as props, triggering an investigation into how such sensitive documents were obtained. By Caroline Copley ...

BERLIN (Reuters) - Secret files of Communist East Germany's Stasi security police were sent to a film set for use as props, triggering an investigation into how such sensitive documents were obtained.

Tens of thousands of Germans continue to consult their files from the Stasi, the former East German state security agency, as the country prepares to mark 35 years since reunification on Friday. The ...

Wiretap recordings of Helmut Kohl collected by the East German secret police were sealed by a court Friday, handing the former chancellor a victory with broad implications for public access to the ...

German archivists are continuing to rely on the "manual reconstruction" of the files of the former East German secret police, the Stasi, more than 35 years after the country was reunited. The ...

BERLIN – German researchers said Wednesday that they were launching an attempt to reassemble millions of shredded East German secret police files using complicated computerized algorithms. The files ...

Many people—including public figures such as Nobel Laureate Günter Grass, former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt, and trade union leader Claus Weselsky—choose not to read their Stasi files. How ...

Germany has for the first time released records on former West German politicians compiled by communist East Germany’s once-dreaded secret police, the state-held Stasi archives said on Wednesday. The ...

Stasi files show that 007 violated the GDR border four times at Checkpoint Charlie in divided Berlin. The whole thing happened during filming for 'Octopussy.' A dangerous scandal in the middle of the ...