In the GDR, the abbreviation "Stasi" meant ...
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Correct answer to question 199: the Ministry for State Security.
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The Stasi was the GDR's Ministry for State Security (1950–1990) and acted as the secret police of the ruling SED. With around 91,000 full-time officers and over 170,000 informers it spied on its own population and suppressed dissidents.
The question in German, as it appears in the test
Mit der Abkürzung „Stasi“ meinte man in der DDR …
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