Occupation of the district office of the Ministry of State Security
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December 5 1989
Gotha, Friedrich-Engels-Straße, now Helenenstraße
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Ernst Prause, Quelle: Museum für Regionalgeschichte und Volkskunde GothaLicense: Not Creative Commons
On the 4th of December 1989, members of the citizens' committee occupied the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) 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. Representatives of the citizens' committee seized weapons and ammunition in Gotha the following day and took them to the VPKA (district office of the People's Police) to be stored away.
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building,
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speechcivil rights movementPeople/Organizations
Citizens' Committee,
Ministry for State SecurityPlaces
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