How the Stasi archive handles potentially incriminating information

David Matthews learns how archivists deal with enquiries about material collected by the former East Germany’s secret police that can still destroy reputations

Published on
October 26, 2017
Last updated
October 26, 2017
Camera in car mirror
Source: Getty / Alamy / AKG-images [Purkiss Archive] / BSTU Archive

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Print headline: Secrets and the lives of others

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