Merkel's Stasi File Remains Closed – Action Dismissed

Deutschlandfunk

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A non-fiction author cannot ask the Federal Archives to issue Stasi documents to Chancellor Merkel.

Zeit Online

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An author wanted to sue the Federal Archives for the publication of all Stasi documents to the Old Chancellor. The court saw no basis for this and rejected the lawsuit.

focus.de

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According to a verdict, a Berlin author cannot demand the publication of all Stasi documents on the former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Berliner Morgenpost

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The Federal Archives refused to issue Merkel's Stasi documents. A politician sued. Now the Berlin Administrative Court has decided.

law blog

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Why should a judge painstakingly sift through sensitive documents when they can simply ask an authority? And then trust that everything is in order? That's precisely what the Berlin Administrative Court is doing. The question at hand is once again whether former Chancellor Angela Merkel was closer to the Stasi than previously known. A non-fiction author wanted to prove that the former chancellor was at least "favored" by the Ministry for State S…

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A German administrative court refused to provide access to the files of the East German security service (Stasi) concerning former Chancellor Angela Merkel.