International Conference “Technology in the Service of Eastern Bloc State Security Organs”

Warsaw, 9 June 2026

International Research Conference - “Archives and Remembrance: Contemporary Uses of the Archival Heritage of Former Communist Security Services” – Warsaw, 11 June 2025 [Live Transmission]

Members and Associate members of the European Network

The network was formed in December 2008 as a cooperative platform connecting institutions holding the archival collections of the former communist state secret police forces. The organization is currently consisting of eight members and five associate members.

Organizational Structure

The European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of the Secret-Police Files was formed in December 2008 as a cooperation platform connecting the institutions holding the archival collections of the former communist state secret police forces

Presiding Organisation

The Committee for disclosing the documents and announcing affiliation of Bulgarian citizens to the State Security and intelligence services of the Bulgarian National Army  (COMDOS) is the presiding organization of the Network for the 2026 - 2027 term.

The 2023 Annual Network Meeting in Berlin, Germany

The Network Annual Fall Conference was held in Berlin on 16-18 October 2023, hosted by the Bundesarchiv - Stasi-Unterlagen-Archiv

The 2024 Annual Network Meeting in Tirana, Albania

The annual conference "Common vision-synergizing actions" 3-5 October 2024 was hosted by the Albanian Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents (AIDSSH)

The Stasi Records Archive in numbers

Germany

What kinds of sources can be found in the Stasi Records Archive?

Germany