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Over 2 million people fled East Germany before the Berlin Wall was erected on August 13, 1961, prompting the Stasi to expand its surveillance operations.
Peter Volta made nearly 100 trips between West Germany and East Berlin from 1978 to 1988, delivering information during the Cold War's secret intelligence battle.
R. Hattenhauer has searched approximately 150 miles of mines in southeast Germany for the missing Amber Room, looted by Nazis during World War II.
Between 1978 and 1988, KGB agent Peter Wolter made nearly 100 trips from West Germany to East Berlin to deliver intelligence.
The Berlin Wall, which stood for 28 years, fell in November 1989, marking a significant moment in the end of the Cold War.
In divided Germany during the Cold War, NATO and Soviet intelligence agencies engaged in a covert battle of espionage, surveillance, and counterintelligence tactics.
On July 7, 1977, Gabrielle Kleim met Frank, an East German spy, who used romance to gain access to sensitive information during the Cold War.
Last year, 100,000 people applied to see their Stasi files, revealing personal histories and the lasting impact of surveillance in East Germany.
Hundreds of pages in Silke Orphal and Ilona Seeber's Stasi files detail the surveillance they faced while seeking to emigrate from East Germany.
February 24, 2022, marks a significant turning point in European history with the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
More than 200 people died attempting to escape from East Germany to West Berlin during the 28 years the Berlin Wall stood.
