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
The use of archives to promote social justice and respect for human rights is a common point amongst the professionals of archives. Sadly, History bears evidence as to the use of archives as tools of control and repression: Franco, Stasi or the latin-american dictatorships spring to mind as harrowing examples of the devastating effects that archives can produce when used in this way... This Blog attempts to be another contribution to the fight for the cause of Human Rights
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