Talk with Roland Jahn, Head of the Stasi Archives | Talking Germany

Roland Jahn has a background in broadcast journalism and since March 2011 he has been head of the German government's caretaker agency for East German Stasi archives.
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[@kingharryannis]

But you can not see your files at the NSA or GCHQ?

[@TheRichardSpearman]

... of the Bundesnachrichtendienst, BND in the BRD today.

[@Republic4ever714]

Exactly American citizens have lost so much in the past 10-15 years these democrats have destroyed our country!

[@RoxanneM-]

They are not the ones doing it.

[@stewartie2]

Do they have files on british soldiers who went to Stuttgart platz in Berlin, asking for a friend.

[@vincentkermorgant]

I'd love to see my file - it should be massive :)

[@Andreas4696]

Are you East German?

[@gsvictim1301]

hopefully some day we will have a similar thing after american stassi is ended.

[@bnkundwa]

Secret services are supposed to assist and not destroy.

[@pdd60absorbed12]

Jahn seems like the real thing. He probably has contempt for the Komsomolist, Merkel.

[@mrberryman]

What an oddly and unnecessarily combative and apparently unsympathetic interviewer. Kinda ruined a fascinating interview with a subject with such a fascinating story.