Overview
- Description
- Files collected by the former East German Ministry of State Security Service (Stasi), including Nazi prosecutions for "Rassenschande" (racial defilement), "Hochverrat" (high treason), "Verstoß gegen das Heimtückegesetz"(violation of the "treachery law) and other political infractions. Files ZC 10859-ZC 12137 contains the missing part to the record group of the Reichs Ministry of Justice at the Federal Archive Berlin. The overall number of pages of this sub-collection ZC of the "Nazi"-collections of the former Head Division [HA] IX/11 of the Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the GDR is an estimated 1 million pages.
- Date
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inclusive:
1920-1955
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Collection Creator
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit - Biography
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The Ministry for State Security, (German: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit), commonly known as the “Stasi” was the official secret police of East Germany. The Ministry for State Security was headquartered in East Berlin, with an extensive complex in Berlin-Lichtenberg and several smaller facilities throughout the city. It was widely regarded as one of the most effective and repressive intelligence and secret police agencies in the world. Its motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei" (Shield and Sword of the Party), showing its connections to the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), the equivalent to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Another term used in earlier years to refer to the Ministry for State Security was Staatssicherheitsdienst (State Security Service or SSD). The Bundesarchiv branch at Dahlwitz-Hoppegarten, located in a suburb close to Berlin in the former East Germany, is currently a holder of the Nazi judicial collections from the period 1933-1945, which have only recently become available to research. The sub-Collection ZC offers insight into the persecution by the Nazi courts of individuals accused of “Rassenschande” (racial defilement), “Hochverrat” (high treason), “Verstoß gegen das Heimtückegesetz” (violation of the treachery law) and other political infractions. The overall number of pages of this sub-collection ZC of the "Nazi"-collections of the former Head Division [HA] IX/11 of the Ministry of State Security (Stasi) of the GDR is an estimated 1 million pages.
- Reference
- Some part of records from a sub- collection ZC can be found also in the Museum Archives collection RG-14.050M.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Letters. Questionnaires. Registers. Reports.
- Extent
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329,343 digital images : JPEG ; 250 GB.
942 microfilm reels (partially digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. To access Bundesarchiv collections researchers must fill out a "Request for Access to Bundesarchiv Documents." German and English-language copies of the "Law on the Preservation and Use of Federal Archival Documents" are available at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives reference desk. The requirement was stipulated by the Bundesarchiv in the cooperative agreement signed with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
- Conditions on Use
- Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Bundesarchiv. A copy of all publications based on its material must be provided to the Bundesarchiv. Researchers may not publish any Bundesarchiv material on the Internet, the World Wide Web, or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from the Bundesarchiv.
- Copyright Holder
- Bundesarchiv (Germany)
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- War criminals--Germany. War crimes--Germany. War victims--Germany. Justice, Administration of--Germany (East) Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Germany. Jews--Germany--History--1933-1945.
- Corporate Name
- Stasi (East Germany)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Bundesarchiv (Germany)
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition the Bundesarchiv, Berlin, Germany; Record Group, Sub-collection ZC, compiled by the former East German Security Service ("Stasi"). The documents were part of the East German archival system, then they were transferred to the Bundesarchiv. Records are of mixed provenance. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, Aug. 2018, and Aug. 2019. The entire collection was digitized in 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 10:13:15
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