The Life of Siegfried Kath
The Stasi versus a Millionaire
Siegfried Kath was one of the few self-made millionaires in the GDR. Historian Christopher Nehring has evaluated the archive and sources of Siegfried Kath, seeking out his family to interview them. In „Millionaire in the GDR“ he presents his results.
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„Stasi Wolf“ and „Stasi Child“
Stasi-bestsellers from England
These bestsellers, written by the English author David Young, are set in the height of the Cold War. They go into complex topics from the brutal reformatories of the GDR to Nazi heritage and the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961. Book readings from this author are known for being highly entertaining.
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Cyber war
The new spies and the consequences
The cyber war is increasingly worrying the German economy, politics and intelligence services. Security analyst Daniel Schnok develops strategies and defensive methods against net spies and hackers. In his lecture, he reveals techniques and analysis methods used by cyber security companies.
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Dangerous manipulation
Honey traps, poison and swinger clubs
Over centuries and until today, the human need for love has been used to gather promising information by spies. Walter Katzung is a specialist concerning aphrodisiacs in the realm of pharmacology.
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Democracy and secret services
Stasi 2.0? Democracy, dictatorship and the German secret service
Where does the fear of secret services in Germany come from and what does it mean for the BND (Federal Intelligence Service of Germany)? What differentiates a democratic intelligence service from those of a dictatorship? The president of the BND, Dr. Bruno Kahl and the federal commissioner for the Stasi documents, Roland Jahn, will discuss these questions.
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The hamster operation
Buried US orbiters in the GDR
The program ECHT on the MDR channel discovered one of the most spectacular stories of GDR history of espionage and will now present it for the first time in the German Spy Museum: a US-American technology of espionage, used on GDR grounds and unmasked by the Stasi.
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