Occupation of the district office of the Ministry of State Security
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December 5 1989
Gotha, Friedrich-Engels-Straße, now Helenenstraße
Created By:
Archiv Manfred WettsteinLicense:
From the Set
On the 4th of December 1989, members of the citizens' committee occupied the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) (
Wikipedia-Artikel, Stand 17. Februar 2010) district office in Gotha in order to prevent the Stasi from destroying files. The first district administration of the Ministry for State Security was occupied in Erfurt early that morning.
Crates for securing and transporting weapons are carried into the district office of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in Gotha on December 5. Later, representatives of the citizens' committee seized weapons and ammunition and took them to the VPKA (district office of the People's Police) to be stored away.
Depicts
group of people,
man,
member of the People's Police,
micro,
nightprotestPeople/Organizations
Citizens' Committee,
Eckardt Hoffmann,
Ministry for State SecurityPlaces
GothaRelated
Original Caption
"Die leeren Kisten für die Stasi-Waffen werden gebracht."
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