Bundesarchiv-Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Gera

The Stasi Records Archive (until June 17, 2021 the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic –GDR) is responsible for the preservation, management and accessibility of the records of the East German Ministry for State Security (1950 – 1989), its predecessor, the political police K5, and successor, the Office for National Security of the GDR. The Archive‘s holdings also include documents ceded to the Ministry for State Security, colloquially known as Stasi, by the line of activity K1 within the criminal police, as well as East German courts and prosecutors‘ offices. The Stasi Records Archive Gera is responsible for the Regional Unit for State Security (Bezirksverwaltung für Staatssicherheit) Gera.  

The records of the Regional Unit (Bezirksverwaltung) Gera including those of the district offices (Kreisdienststellen) Eisenberg, Gera, Greiz, Jena, Lobenstein, Pößneck, Rudolstadt, Saalfeld, Schleiz, Stadtroda, Zeulenroda and the Onsite Office (Objektdienststelle) Carl Zeiss Jena consists of ca. 3,760 linear metres of paper files as well as around 30,200 photographs, 28 films, 104 videos, 803 audio recordings and 2,789 maps. 

Access and usage of archival materials is regulated by the Stasi Records Act (Stasi-Unterlagen-Gesetz – StUG).