Bundesarchiv-Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv Dresden

The Stasi Records Archives (until June 17, 2021 the Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic –GDR) are 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 Archives‘ 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 Dresden is responsible for the files of the Regional Unit for State Security (Bezirksverwaltung) Dresden.  

The records of the Regional Unit (Bezirksverwaltung) Dresden including the district offices (Kreisdienststellen) Bautzen, Bischofswerda, Dippoldiswalde, Dresden-Stadt, Dresden-Land, Freital, Görlitz, Großenhain, Kamenz, Löbau, Meißen, Niesky, Pirna, Riesa, Sebnitz und Zittau comprise around 8,239 linear metres of paper files as well as ca. 117,450 photographs, 69 films, 18 videos, 13,765 maps und 185 posters. 

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