stasi. in dresden, this archive keeps the records of east germany‘s secret police, the stasi, and the documents in here, we‘ve got a photo where you can find vladimir putin. where is he? 0h, on the end. yes. wow, it‘s amazing to think that this grey figure at the end went on to become president of russia. astonishing. in december 1989, a crowd stormed the stasi offices in dresden and took control. a small group of protesters moved away from the stasi building and came here. this is where the kgb headquarters were. and inside the building was vladimir putin. so, what did major putin do? well, he telephoned the local soviet tank commander to ask for urgent backup. but the message which came back was this... i‘ve asked moscow to sign off on that, but moscow is silent. that was the moment that vladimir putin realised his motherland had abandoned him. egon krentz says that moscow abandoned him, too. he claims that at this meeting, soviet leader mikhail gorbachev assured him german reunification wouldn‘t happen. he accuses gorbachev of surrendering to america. mikhail gorbachev rejects criticism of h