served as the central remand prison for the state security ministry. from 1951 to 89 after the war was built the prison held mostly people who were trying to flee on emigrate from east germany minister for state security. personally took it upon himself to interrogate the hats. as new could put it we've given you the opportunity to take up this wonderful profession and now you want to turn your back on us. and since i was famous my case went right up through the government circles but aren't there you know and hanukah. they wanted to make an example of me to scare others off anyone from television or any public figure as if to say look what will happen to you if you try this or even entertain the thought that such person. today shown how to guides visitors groups around the memorial showing them the plane delivery vans like those that once brought them here. this baucus 1000 is fitted with fine detention cells. from the 1960 s. on physical violence was not used but the stars he had other ways to torture the prisoners. and here number 104 was my own cell

the one party communist state was quick to subdue any free expression in public. the ministry for state security that set up a surveillance system that pervaded all areas of life. the freedom to privacy was rendered void by officers and agents in uniform and a huge undercover network of informers and yet many still managed to carve out new spaces of freedom for themselves. my clinton wouldn't be nisha and you could find your own niche that's who called. the church became a safe place to feel at home. in soon as it was very people weren't looking to overthrow the powers that be they focused on building a life that was worth living thus he leaves we have seen. how the bag in saxony on hot home to christophe high. growing up as the son of a pastor an atheist east germany he was an outsider from the beginning. he decided to become a writer despite the prevailing restriction on artistic freedoms. hine defied the state censors creating sober and realistic depictions of life and over time his plays and prose earned him a respected status critical writers like him faced a dilemma all publications 1st ha

citizens were now also demanding access to the files of the ministry of state security this.surveillance subversion and harassment have been their methods of choice meticulously recorded in mountains of files. this shootings along germany's border were particularly difficult issue east germany had chosen to prevent its citizens from fleeing to the west by any means possible anyone violating the border was to be arrested or exterminated at least 140 p. . well were killed along the berlin wall 11 how was the nearly reunited german state to deal with the border guards who had fired the fatal shots. they had been acting on orders and yet the courts or the killings of those trying to escape as a violation of elementary justice had the actions of the border guards also been punishable and the east german law germany's rule of law was reaching its limits the 1st trial began in 991. i had some problems with the way this decision was reached. as terrible as a found the border in the killing is there to be found you can only be punished for offenses that were punishable at the time the

with chinese intelligence operations know about the two main spy organizations when is the ministry of state security. it is a massive intelligence and political police service. the second is the second department of the pla. that has recently been folded into a new military unit, but those ar are the two that the fi has been chasing for years. last year, something new and urged. a young man booked himself into a hotel room in key west and left his wallet and things behind him have to cameras on hn him and then went to the naval air station key west and walked around a security fence that had stretched in the water and began photographing the antenna rate and a contractor but they spotted him and they went and immediately arrested him. the fbi came and it turns out that this was a new type of chinese spying from the ministry of public security which i mentioned earlier is kind of the uber security service and in china today actually eclipsing the two pla. he was convicted and sentenced to prison and the officials involved in the case said it wasn't unusual for the ministry of public security had disp

the supreme for execution was given to the supreme national security council, which included the ministry of the interior and also ir ib, the state broadcaster. mr rouhani claims he was asked not to tell him anything and that he only found out about it while reading in the news that when the prices were increased. so, using these six months, the executive arm of the islamic republic, the government, instead of using these six months to prepare the public for these rises that overnight suddenly they woke up and 50%, they didn't know about it. instead, they used those six months to see how they could bring down the people that would get out in the protests. so, when the time came, they were prepared with helicopters, with snipers, and then they shut the internet for 150 hours, stopped all access to information. this was going on forfive access to information. this was going on for five days, access to information. this was going on forfive days, and the world did not hear anything. the world did not hear anything. the world wasn't aware. now, we get the news coming out, saying first, actually one person saying these thugs, mercenar