Cover: People storming the headquarters of the Ministry for National Security in Berlin-Lichtenfelde on January 15, 1990, to prevent any further destruction of the Stasi fi les then in …

• Since the early 1970s the Stasi on the basis of "changed conditions of class struggle" sanctioned and reinforced their efforts for oppositional behavior without the use of criminal law.

Introduction ly known. The study of this subject has been greatly facilitated by the continuous appearance of documentary material since the revolutio of 1989. Indeed, it would be fair to say …

The Stasi was appalled by the tolerance of Soviet communists toward Dutch peace activists and did not adapt itself to the new lib-eralism. Indeed, it continued the struggle against the IKV and …

Led by pastor Joachim Gauck, East German dissidents drafted a law to assure the complete preservation and guarantee open access to the masses of documents compiled by the secret …

THE STASI: MYTH AND REALITY MIKE DENNIS With the assistance as translator of Peter Brown CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES

Central in this study are the activities of the Stasi. They show how and where East German intelligence obtained information on Ireland and Northern Ireland and also what kind of …