Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Inner Logic of Evil: from East Germany to Egypt

A very interesting article from "Der Spiegel" on how Herbert Ziehm, a german expert on the Stasi, is advising Egypt on how to deal with the trove of secret police records found at Amn al-Dawla HQ, the Egyptian State Security Investigations Service.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,754856,00.html
Wikipedia article on Egyptian State Security Investigations Service
Wikipedia Article on Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives
BStU (Bundesbeauftragte für die Stasi-Unterlagen) Website

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