Die Stasi se leuse was “Schild und Schwert der Partei” (Skild en Swaard van die Party), die regerende Sosialistiese Eenheidsparty van Duitsland (SED). Deesdae word dit beskou as ’n kriminele organisasie en verskeie Stasi-offisiere is vervolg vir hul misdade na 1990.

Stasi vel recte Administerium securitatis publicae (Theodisce: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit) institutio exploratoria importuna atque famosa in Re publica democratica Germanica fuit. Nomen eius compendiarium Stasi magis notum est quam appellatio officialis. Post la Falo de Berlina Muro, La sidejo de Stasi en Berlino estis okupita de orientgermanaj civitanoj. En 1990 por rekordi kaj konservi rekordojn de Stasi kontraŭ siajn civitanojn, Federacia Registaro de Germanio kreis Federacian Komisionon por rekordoj de MŜS GDR, ofte konata kiel BStU. A Stasi, abreviación de Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (Ministerio de Seguridade Estatal) foi o servizo secreto tanto para o interior como para o estranxeiro da República Democrática Alemá e, ó mesmo tempo, a institución encargada de investigar os delitos políticos. Le ministère de la Sécurité d’État (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, MfS), dit la Stasi (abréviation de Staatssicherheit), était le service de police politique, de renseignements, d'espionnage et de contre-espionnage de la République démocratique allemande (RDA) créé le 8 février 1950. Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006) was head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbreviated MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). Lisa married to Carl Stasi in her hometown of Huntsville, Alabama in August 1984, one month prior to the birth of their daughter, Tiffany Lynn. Carl said that they initially planned to reside in Huntsville, but he did not have insurance and the couple relocated to Kansas City, Kansas area.

The French commission Stasi is a commission set up to reflect upon the application of the laïcité principle. Named after the chair Bernard Stasi, ombudsman of the (French) Republic (médiateur de la République) since 1998, and consisting of 20 members, it was set up by the president of the Republic Jacques Chirac on 3 July 2003.

Creation. The Stasi was founded on 8 February 1950. Wilhelm Zaisser was the first Minister of State Security of the GDR, and Erich Mielke was his deputy. Zaisser tried to depose SED General Secretary Walter Ulbricht after the June 1953 uprising, but was instead removed by Ulbricht and replaced with Ernst Wollweber thereafter. The Stasi was the official state security service of East Germany, the German Democratic Republic or GDR. The Stasi motto was "Schild und Schwert der Partei" (Shield and Sword of the Party). "The Party" was the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany. The main job of the Stasi was to prevent opposition to the Party.

Stasi vel recte Administerium securitatis publicae (Theodisce: Ministerium für Staatssicherheit) institutio exploratoria importuna atque famosa in Re publica democratica Germanica fuit. Nomen eius compendiarium Stasi magis notum est quam appellatio officialis.

Stasi (lühend saksakeelsest ametlikust nimest Ministerium für Staatssicherheit 'riikliku julgeoleku ministeerium') oli aastatel 1950–1990 Saksa DV riiklik julgeolekuteenistus ning riigi kommunistlikule juhtkonnale ja riigikorrale lojaalsuse järelevalvet teostanud poliitiline politsei.