The Stasi: Secrets, Lies & British Spies

East Germany’s Stasi was one of the most formidable secret police forces in the world for nearly 40 years – its vast network of spies and informers reached across the globe until the fall of the Berlin Wall. As the Cold War ended, scores of Stasi spies were still operating in the UK – with access to recently-opened court files, Julie Etchingham reveals some of the Stasi’s UK operations and asks why – 30 years after Germany made its file public – the identities of many alleged British informers are still a guarded secret