![]() ![]() IM (Inoffizieller Mitarbeiter): unofficial informer/collaborator.175,000 informers in 1989 (about 1% of population) plus 90,000 regular staff.after WWII, helped set up security force in Soviet zone and GDR.member of the German Communist Party (KPD) since 1925.Main tasks (described in 1950) ‘protect the people’s own enterprises and works, transport and the people’s own property against the plots of criminal elements as well as against all attacks, to conduct a decisive fight against the activity of enemy agents, subversives, saboteurs and spies, to conduct an energetic fight against bandits, to protect our democratic development and to ensure uninterrupted fulfilment of the economic plans of our peace economy.’ KGB liaison officers in all major offices.‘Sword and Shield’ of the SED (Socialist Unity Party). ![]() Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS) = Stasi.Ministry of State Security created Febru.German Democratic Republic (GDR / East Germany) founded Octo.
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