Lecture evening followed by a discussion: Secrets of a secret service - retired Major General Heinz Engelhardt on the end of the GDR secret service
He was not only the youngest general of the MfS, but also the last in the service of the MfS. Heinz Engelhardt was commissioned by the GDR government to dissolve the Ministry for State Security. Under his direction, tens of thousands of full-time employees and at least as many unofficial employees were wound up at the beginning of 1990.
He was responsible for securing the Stasi files and other legacies of the security service, which had been renamed the "Office for National Security" (AfNS) in the fall. But the storming of the MfS headquarters on January 15, 1990 put an end to all plans: The MfS, in whatever form and by whatever name, had to go. Heinz Engelhardt, born in 1944, reports for the first time and thus exclusively on the last months of the MfS in the GDR. He knows more than is in the files. He talks about people, fates, last-minute recruitment and poaching attempts, about traitors and upright characters. No one was as deeply involved in the GDR secret service as Heinz Engelhardt. He is a contemporary witness who has remained silent until now. After more than thirty years, he reveals the last secrets of the GDR secret service.
Copies of the out-of-print book "DER LETZTE MANN" will be available for purchase before and after the event at a price of €20.00.
