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Former heads, senior officers and the rector of the MfS law school explain how the ministry functioned. The interviewees see themselves as legitimate actors with a clear mandate and political enemy image. They provide an insight into the techniques and routines of secret service work, psychological tricks during interrogations and the management of “unofficial collaborators”. What they all have in common is that they are not aware of any moral guilt. The directors contrast their footage of prisons and archives with the statements of former Stasi employees in an attempt to expose their evasions and efforts at suppression.
October 16, 2002
MDR, Emotion Pictures
10 people
Kurt Zeiseweis
himself
Acting
Gerhard Niebling
himself
Acting
Karli Coburger
himself
Acting
Gerhard Neiber
himself
Acting
Horst Männchen
himself
Acting
Willi Opitz
himself
Acting
Wolfgang Schmidt
himself
Acting
Günter Möller
himself
Acting
Wanja Abramowski
himself
Acting
Siegfried Rataizick
himself
Acting
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