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SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Book Presentation and Discussion at the Federal Archives: Prostitution=0D=0Ain the GDR (Part II)
DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Following the historical overview presented in the first part of last=0D=0Ayear’s book presentation on “Prostitution in the GDR,” historian=0D=0ASteffi Brüning will now focus, on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the=0D=0AFederal Archives —the Stasi Records Archive in Schwerin—will=0D=0Aexamine the specific life stories and fates of women in the northern=0D=0Apart of the GDR, drawing on selected biographies. =0D=0A=0D=0AIn this work, Brüning examines how the Ministry for State=0D=0ASecurity’s recruitment and intended “use” of prostitutes as=0D=0Aunofficial collaborators worked in practice.=0D=0A=0D=0AThe Stasi deployed sexually promiscuous women and sex workers, among=0D=0Aothers, as “honey traps” to target individuals of “operational=0D=0Ainterest.” At the same time, however, they had to fear repression if=0D=0Athey came to the attention of other state actors such as the police,=0D=0Athe Internal Affairs departments, or actors in the healthcare system.=0D=0ABrüning describes the strategies these women developed to counter=0D=0Athis in the authoritarian state of the GDR.=0D=0A=0D=0ADate:=0D=0ASaturday, July 25, 2026, 2:30 p.m.=0D=0ASaturday at the Archive – featuring a lecture and discussion,=0D=0Aarchive tour, application assistance, and consultation=0D=0A=0D=0ASpeaker:=0D=0ADr. Steffi Brüning, historian, Rostock=0D=0A=0D=0ALocation:=0D=0AFederal Archives – Stasi Records Archive Schwerin=0D=0AGörslow, Resthof=0D=0A19067 Leezen=0D=0A=0D=0AAdmission is free.=0D=0A
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