Someone who is probably having mental health issues pledging to work together with the Stasi (MfS = Ministerium für Staatssicherheit).
Edit: Saw the BStU stamp but if I found a letter just like this in my mailbox I wouldn’t expect it to be real. Don’t they send it in some kind of “official looking” envelope with an official letter enclosed?
er-ist-da on
Looks like some old guy’s confirmation of duties letter for joining the Stasi (the East German secret police) that he most likely requested from the government archives (**BStU**). In any case it was probably not addressed to you.
bimie23 on
It‘s got a stamp from Bundesarchiv Stasi-Unterlagen in the upper right corner. The contents are about a person that‘s pledging to serve the Stasi (DDR „secret service“). As October 3rd is approaching, this might be some kind of leaflet as a reminder or similar. Did it come with additional information?
Edit: Or the person in question/his relatives used to live at your place and asked for what‘s in the archive about them. And the mail took long or found the wrong mailbox.
Panzermensch911 on
This is the handwritten commitment of someone born in 1962 in Kühlungsborn to become a snitch for the STASI of the GDR under the pseudonym Peter Wagner.
Maybe you know the person whose name we can’t see?
Still-Push7964 on
RemindMe! 2days
rewboss on
When you say this was “in your post”, what do you mean? Was it mailed to you in an envelope — and if so, was it actually addressed to you? Or was it just in your mailbox, without an envelope?
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Someone who is probably having mental health issues pledging to work together with the Stasi (MfS = Ministerium für Staatssicherheit).
Edit: Saw the BStU stamp but if I found a letter just like this in my mailbox I wouldn’t expect it to be real. Don’t they send it in some kind of “official looking” envelope with an official letter enclosed?
Looks like some old guy’s confirmation of duties letter for joining the Stasi (the East German secret police) that he most likely requested from the government archives (**BStU**). In any case it was probably not addressed to you.
It‘s got a stamp from Bundesarchiv Stasi-Unterlagen in the upper right corner. The contents are about a person that‘s pledging to serve the Stasi (DDR „secret service“). As October 3rd is approaching, this might be some kind of leaflet as a reminder or similar. Did it come with additional information?
Edit: Or the person in question/his relatives used to live at your place and asked for what‘s in the archive about them. And the mail took long or found the wrong mailbox.
This is the handwritten commitment of someone born in 1962 in Kühlungsborn to become a snitch for the STASI of the GDR under the pseudonym Peter Wagner.
Maybe you know the person whose name we can’t see?
RemindMe! 2days
When you say this was “in your post”, what do you mean? Was it mailed to you in an envelope — and if so, was it actually addressed to you? Or was it just in your mailbox, without an envelope?