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Feb 2024
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#62 The Stasi in East Germany

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📖 Episode Transcripts in Link Below ⬇️ Today, we delve into the history of the Stasi, the Ministry for State Security of the GDR, which from 1950 to 1990 stood as one of the most effective and repressive secret police forces in history. https://patreon.com/HistoryinSlowGerman?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_cr ... Show More
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