During the Cold War, East Germany's Ministry of State Security (MfS or Stasi) developed the tradecraft of using movie cameras available in Western countries for covert document copying in the, so called, mikrats. One of the officially approved such cameras was the Austrian Eumig Electric.
00:00 - Introduction
00:16 - Eumig history
00:38 - MfS HV A/VI/3
01:57 - Spy camera history
02:48 - Department E
03:19 - Eumig Electric overview
05:01 - Covert document photography
08:04 - Covert mikrat transport
09:07 - Conclusion
09:26 - Closing
References
- Book: The Secret History of STASI Spy Cameras: 1945-1989, H. Keith Melton, Detlev Vreisleben and Michael M. Hasco (2020)
- Wikipedia: Stasi: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi
- Wikipedia: Main Directorate for Reconnaissance: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Di...
- German Stasi Archives: Anatomy of State Security History, Structure and Methods - MfS Manual: www.stasi-unterlagen-archiv.d...
- Max Hertzberg: An East German Glossary: www.maxhertzberg.co.uk/publis...
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