The 23 July 2017
Panel discussion
On 23 July 2017, the Vietnamese secret service kidnapped Trinh Xuan Thanh in Berlin’s Tiergarten. On the fifth anniversary of the abduction, we try to find out what actually became of the abducted Thanh and what the political consequences were.
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Cicero – Hitler’s man on the Bosporus
Presentation
Author Raymond Kiesbye has researched and evaluated previously unknown facts from archives – and now presents the whole story of the Nazi spy “Cicero” in World War II for the first time.
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The terrorist attack!
Book presentation
Investigative journalist Thomas Moser analysed the Berlin terrorist attack from the beginning. Now he took stock in his book “Der Amri Komplex”. After five years of investigative work, little seems to have been clarified.
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The ciphers of the spies
Book presentation
For centuries, the history of espionage has been inextricably linked with encryption technology in a fascinating way. Klaus Schmeh is one of the world’s leading experts on historical encryption technology.
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Mysterious accidents, alleged suicides or poison balls
Book presentation
In her new book, the GDR civil rights activist Freya Klier sheds light on this dark chapter of the GDR. The author Gunter Lange has worked through the tragic life story of Werner Teske, the last spy executed in the GDR.
Between the Surveillance State and »Going Dark«
Panel discussion
Communication services such as WhatsApp use tap-proof encryption. Intelligence services warn of the “going dark problem” with every new terrorist attack. What solutions are there for this dilemma between protected, private communication and the security interests of states?