Die Wende
Book presentation
On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the German Spy Museum is presenting a brilliant agent thriller. Two MfS agents share a deep friendship, then one becomes a double agent. The author and contemporary witness Thedy Van Goy skilfully plays with the idea of why the GDR was doomed to failure.
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Shadows of the Dead
Book presentation
With “Shadows of the Dead” Herrmann continues her series about the crime scene cleaner Judith Kepler. The author not only penetrated deep into the Berlin secret service milieu, but was also inspired by the German Spy Museum, where the novel is partly set.
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Stalin’s German Spy
Book launch
Ilse Stöbe revealed Hitler’s preparations for an attack on the Soviet Union to the Soviet military secret service GRU and transmitted further information. It is thanks to Sabine Kebir that more than 70 years after the end of the Nazi dictatorship two silent heroes of the resistance received a late honor.
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Spies at the Center of Power
Book launch
Heribert Schwan has reviewed over 70,000 pages of Stasi files in order to understand the extent of GDR espionage in the West. It shows how the Bonn political apparatus was targeted, including the chancellors, from Adenauer to Kohl.
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Computers in the war of espionage
Panel discussion
Artificial intelligence is changing society – also in the area of security and intelligence services. What is artificial intelligence already used for today? How is this topic dealt with in Germany? And what will the near future bring?
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Spy without Limits
Book launch
The chief historian of the BND, Bodo V Hechelhammer, uses BND files that are accessible for the first time to tell this story. Hechelhammer describes one of the most spectacular espionage cases in German post-war history.
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