Abstract
The Stasi Records Office (BStU) preserves the records of the former German Democratic Republic's (GDR) State Security Service (Staatssicherheit) and makes them available for various purposes. The Stasi documents pose unusual and exceptional challenges for the archivists who work with them. The files show the methods and broad range of a secret police's work. They also prove the paranoia of a communist police state and finally the hubris of trying to control peoples' minds. The BStU is a unique institution; with more than 518,000 linear feet of archival files and audiovisual media, it is one of the largest archives in Germany. It demonstrates the importance and power of archives serving the public good.
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